Animal Quote by Asa Gray

But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and…

— Asa Gray

People were so naive about plants, Ellie thought. They just chose plants for appearance, as they would choose a picture for the wall. It…

— Michael Crichton

“Botany is the name of the science of the vegetable kingdom in general; that is, of plants.”

— Asa Gray

“PLANTS ARE LIKE ANIMALS Only about five processes are fundamental to life, no matter the kingdom. These processes are growth, feeding, defense, reproduction, and…

— Scott Zona

We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under…

— Theophrastus

That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system, and seems…

— Benjamin Franklin

How my son discovered vegetables was from growing them in the garden.

— Michael Pollan

Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the…

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The word 'vegetable' has no precise botanical meaning in reference to food plants, and we find that almost all parts of plants have been…

— Charles Heiser

Experiments upon vegetation give reason to believe that light combines with certain parts of vegetables, and that the green of their leaves, and the…

— Antoine Lavoisier

“When things (in the vegetable world) have displayed their luxuriant growth, we see each of them return to its root.”

— Lao Tzu

It is a fact that plants also have life like animals. But animals are endowed with mind, and nervous systems too while the plants…

— Sathya Sai Baba