Lumber Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age… — Jim Bishop
The coffee was boiling over a charcoal fire, and large slices of bread and butter were piled one upon the other like deals in a… — Charles Dickens
Overall I can fairly safely say Bobby Orr impressed me more than anybody with his tremendous talents. In Bobby's first N.H.L. game he layed the… — Gordie Howe
Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it. — Charles Caleb Colton
The weeds of a seemingly learned and brilliant but actually trivial and empty philosophy of Nature which, after having been replaced some 50 years ago… — Hermann Kolbe
A home is much more than a house built of lumber, brick, or stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. We are… — Thomas S. Monson
Wilderness is an anchor to windward. Knowing it is there, we can also know that we are still a rich nation, tending our resources as… — Clinton Presba Anderson
I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber. — David McCullough
People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that a certain tree… — Roger Swain
Dead we become the lumber of the world. — John Wilmot
In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion. — Frances E. Willard
Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of… — Rush Limbaugh
The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to… — Alexander Pope
If a tree falls in the forest and kills your ex-wife, what do you do with the lumber? — Neil S. Plakcy
The United States is a society in which people not only can get by without knowing much about the wider world but are systematically encouraged… — Robert Jensen
My furniture, boxes, and turnings are simple, practical designs for everyday use. I love the grain and beauty of wood. Each piece of lumber is… — Steve Miller
Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood… — Paul Cellucci
I guess I remembered clearest of all the early mornings, when the lake was cool and motionless, remembered how the bedroom smelled of the lumber… — Elwyn Brooks White
Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep… — Phyllis McGinley
Every farm woodland, in addition to yielding lumber, fuel and posts, should provide its owner a liberal education. This crop of wisdom never fails, but… — Aldo Leopold

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