Cactus Quotes

57 quotes by 50 authors

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
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
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
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
What is the difference between a cactus and a conservative caucus? On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside. — John Diefenbaker
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
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
I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree. — Doug Peacock
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
Don't jack off a cactus, you'll only hurt your hand and the cactus' feelings — Tre Cool
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
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
Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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
Adolescence is like cactus. — Anais Nin
People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus. — James Joyce
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
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
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
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

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