Branches Quotes
771 quotes by 617 authors
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Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may rise…
— Henry Van Dyke
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If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a…
— Seneca the Younger
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If the union between England and America is a powerful factor in the cause of peace, a new Triple Alliance between the Teutonic race and…
— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
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The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The…
— William Faulkner
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The imitator treads a beaten walk, and with all his diligence can only find a few flowers or branches untouched by his predecessor, the refuse…
— Samuel Johnson
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I have always been very interested in landscape... I find that all natural forms are a source of unending interest - tree trunks, the growth…
— Henry Moore
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My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches, fall on removal of the trunk.
— Blaise Pascal
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The ground has on its clothes. The trees poke out of sheets and each branch wears the sock of God.
— Anne Sexton
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The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.
— Thomas Haynes Bayly
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What we have got to do now is use this event, the resignation of the whole commission, to drive through root and branch reform.
— Tony Blair
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It must be an independent House, having a free action of its own, for it is only valuable as being a regulating body, calmly considering…
— John A. Macdonald
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It is the worst of all superstitions to assume that the epistemological characteristics of one branch of knowledge must necessarily be applicable to any other…
— Ludwig von Mises
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The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or the gush That…
— John Gardiner Calkins Brainard
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At a distance this fine oak seems to be of ordinary size. But if I place myself under its branches, the impression changes completely: I…
— Eugene Delacroix
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Downey Savings & Loan receives high ratings from its customers in California in areas related to personal service and for being customer focused. Downey customers…
— Jeffery Taylor
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If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches..
— Mike DeWine
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I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet and been leader…
— William Hague
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Those who try to combat the production of shoddy pictures are enemies of the best art today... It always feels tragic to see people labouring…
— Asger Jorn
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That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf,…
— Joan Miro
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