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- If delight may provoke men's labour, what greater delights is there then to behold the earth as apparelled with plants, as with a robe of…
- War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it is to plant…
- With plants, persuasion is better than force.
- It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree.
- I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself.
- Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle. One lifetime…
- It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer months, before business, at Leipzig…
- I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.
- Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its Maker and can-if…
- After you plant a seed in the ground, you don't dig it up every week to see how it is doing
- The fact that, in the United States, there are people serving ten-year prison terms for growing marijuana plants in their backyards while Wall Street racketeers,…
- People ask what gives me the authority to give advice? I say, First of all, I don't give advice. Dr Phil gives advice. Mr T…
- I want to be reborn as a tree; that way I can plant my roots down, never move and can never be separated from the…
- If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.
- I would like to start by emphasizing the importance of surfaces. It is at a surface where many of our most interesting and useful phenomena…
- Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation of Hofmeister's epoch-making…
- Increased knowledge of heredity means increased power of control over the living thing, and as we come to understand more and more the architecture of…
- Nothing serves life and soundness of body so well, nor is so necessary as the smoke of the royal plant, tobacco.
- Then again, if the plant is slow growing, and you are getting older, you may want to start with a larger plant. I find myself…
- Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season.
- Plant genetic resources are seldom 'raw materials'; they are the expression of the current wisdom of farmers who have played a highly significant role in…
- It is crazy even to ask what creativity is. It would be just as useful to interview a caraway plant in your garden and ask:…
- We can in fact only define a weed, mutatis mutandis, in terms of the well-known definition of dirt - as matter out of place. What…
- Don't be afraid to write bad songs and then start over and re-evaluate. Songs are like plants, in that you grow them. Some grow really…
- Every leaf that grows will tell you: what you sow will bear fruit, so if you have any sense my friend, don't plant anything but…
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- Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops. — Margaret Atwood
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health… — Diane Ackerman
- Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon
- A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
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- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And… — Joe Barton
- A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy… — Saint Basil
- If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record.… — Adele