Tree Quotes · Page 15

When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.

— Alice Walker

If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.

— Anonymous

He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.

— Edmund Burke

I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.

— Natalie Dormer

If he had another hair on his back, he'd be up a tree.

— Ken Reardon

“You're not a tree. So move; make something happen.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.

— Jose Saramago

I was raised by the song Of the murmuring grove And loving I learned Among Flowers.

— Friedrich Holderlin

They've got plastic Christmas trees now. They're hard to tell from the real aluminum ones.

— Milton Berle

This is Shaun Mason activating security protocol Campbell. The bridge is out, the trees are coming, and I’m pretty sure my hand…

— Mira Grant

Sweet is the air with the budding haws, and the valley stretching for miles below Is white with blossoming cherry-trees, as if…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The grounds of the place were dominated by several large, old willow trees that towered over the surrounding stone wall and swayed…

— Haruki Murakami

The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The second-best time to plant a tree is today.

— Eliud Kipchoge

If someone were to think that trees are made to support the sky, they would all seem too short.

— Franz Grillparzer

The only acceptable imperialism is the Imperialism of the Forest! Let the whole world are invaded by the tree-soldiers!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

You know, I never imagined there were he-dryads. Not even in an oak tree." One of the giants grinned at him. Druellae…

— Terry Pratchett

A plump, well-fed stream is as satisfying to behold as a well-fed animal or a thrifty tree. One source of charm in…

— John Burroughs

How sweet the harmonies of the afternoon! The Blackbird sings along the sunny breeze His ancient song of leaves, and summer boon;…

— Frederick Tennyson

In most cases, the best strategy for a job interview is to be fairly honest, because the worst thing that can happen…

— Anonymous

Ooo, let’s see, I need to get my spicy barbecue sauce. Definitely some oven mitts, ‘cause he’s gonna be hot from being…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Through the window I can see Rooks above the cherry-tree, Sparrows in the violet bed, Bramble-bush and bumble-bee, And old red bracken…

— Robert Graves

The value of the things is not in themselves autonomously, but that God made them, and thus they deserve to be treated…

— Francis Schaeffer

Luckily, my children love broccoli, and although we sometimes enter into UN-like negotiations about how many 'trees' they need to eat before…

— Gwyneth Paltrow

In Moscow, dim and green under the summer rain, columns of armour were waiting in the side-roads off the long avenue from…

— Neal Ascherson

Sometimes big trees grow out of acorns - I think I heard that from a squirrel.

— Jerry Coleman

To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

— William Blake

Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

— Mignon McLaughlin

If a tree falls in the forest and it hits a mime, would he make a noise?

— Brad Warner

“No one tries to stone a tree whose fruit is not ripe.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A print book is really a kind of tree zombie.

— Scott Sigler

I prefer cynical people. Nice guys grow on trees.

— J Mascis

Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

— Mark Twain

My worthy friend, gray are all theories And green alone Life's golden tree.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In order to get to the fruit of the tree, you have to go out on a limb.

— Shirley MacLaine

“The tree of man was never quiet: Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.”

— A.E. Housman

If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“Nice tree," he says. That boy has unexpected depth.”

— Cynthia Hand

Too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity.

— Thomas Jefferson

Money doesn't grow on trees, and if it did somebody else would own the orchard.

— Lewis Grizzard

There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.

— Bob Ross