Leaf Quotes

476 quotes by 381 authors

A faint blush melting through the light of thy transparent cheek like a rose-leaf bathed in dew. — John Greenleaf Whittier
So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage leaf to make an apple pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming… — Samuel Foote
Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf… — Lemn Sissay
Every new party, every new bunch of people, and I start thinking that maybe this is my chance.That I'm going to be normal this time.… — Carol Rifka Brunt
The garden rose may richly bloom In cultured soil and genial air, To cloud the light of Fashion's room Or droop in Beauty's midnight hair,… — John Greenleaf Whittier
No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But… — John Keats
The jungle looked back at them with a vastness, a breathing moss-and-leaf silence, with a billion diamond and emerald insect eyes. — Ray Bradbury
Animals come from nature. They were not designed. All my inspiration comes from nature, whether it's an animal or the layout of bark or of… — Diane von Furstenberg
As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance… — Andy Goldsworthy
I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in… — Matt Groening
Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress. — Charles Kettering
My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers from what seemed like one safe place to another.… — Anne Lamott
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. — Martin Luther
First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch… — Martin Luther
This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region. — Evo Morales
A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape,… — Anais Nin
The harsh truth is, most red-haired men look like blondes who've spoiled from lack of refrigeration. They look like brown-haired men who've been composted out… — Tom Robbins
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the… — Albert Schweitzer
I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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