Cactus Quotes
57 quotes by 52 authors
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You can't learn anything from saguaro cactus, from ocotillo. They are just passing through; their roots, their much heralded dormancy in the dry season, these…
— Barry Lopez
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I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.
— Demetri Martin
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Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. ... It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin…
— Enid Bagnold
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I remember very clearly someone saying, 'Don't shake hands with the cactus,' and I thought, 'Well, why not? What could possibly go wrong?' Shaking hands…
— Benedict Cumberbatch
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What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.
— John Diefenbaker
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In the first place you can't see anything from a car; you've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk, better yet crawl,…
— Edward Abbey
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A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use…
— Max De Pree
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I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.
— Doug Peacock
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I think a good way to get into a movie is to show up where they're making the movie, then stick a big cactus plant…
— Jack Handey
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Don't jack off a cactus, you'll only hurt your hand and the cactus' feelings
— Tre Cool
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Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a…
— Richard Hammond
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I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on…
— Nancy Horan
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Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Many of the Huichols and North American peyotists claim that when one eats peyote, one is "tasting oneself: if the user is pure, this cactus…
— Peter Stafford
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Adolescence is like cactus.
— Anais Nin
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People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
— James Joyce
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That cactus went right through my eye. It left my eye flat. They took me to a doctor, and he said, 'We'll have to take…
— Bernard Jensen
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What are plants doing? What are plants all about? They serve human beings by being decorative, but what is it from its own point of…
— Alan Watts
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The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I often talked to…
— Luther Burbank
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A creative person has to create. It doesn't really matter what you create. If such a dancer wanted to go out and build the cactus…
— Katherine Dunham
Who Wrote These Cactus Quotes
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