Botany Quotes

33 quotes by 26 authors

we defer therefore till this time twelve month to avail ourselves of the instruction of that place, and particularly of your kindness in the two… — Thomas Jefferson
Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their… — Ambrose Bierce
'Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth. Those laws do not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches of medicine, and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ...… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Botany is based on fixed genera. — Carl Linnaeus
Nomenclature, the other foundation of botany, should provide the names as soon as the classification is made... If the names are unknown knowledge of the… — Carl Linnaeus
Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation of Hofmeister's epoch-making… — Douglas Houghton Campbell
I am sorry that the distinguished leader of the Republican Party in the House states that he is not versed in botany and publicly admits… — Fiorello H. La Guardia
Botany, the eldest daughter of medicine. — Johann Hermann Baas
One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to man and beast,… — Thomas Jefferson
The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was… — Johannes V. Jensen
In fact,I believe the reason why the Chinese failed to develop botany and zoology is that the Chinese scholar cannot stare coldly and unemotionally at… — Lin Yutang
Everybody should be ashamed who uses the wonders of science and engineering without thinking and having mentally realized not more of it than a cow… — Albert Einstein
When men die, they enter history. When statues die, they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture. — Chris Marker
Finally, I would thank, had I not lost his name and address, a gentleman in America, who has generously and gratuitously corrected the punctuation, the… — Virginia Woolf
If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany… — Mara Wilson
Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences. — Thomas Jefferson

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