Planted Quotes

359 quotes by 293 authors

The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance… — Katherine Mansfield
When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted… — Larry Wall
She had witnessed the world's most beautiful things, and allowed herself to grow old and unlovely. She had felt the heat of a leviathan's roar,… — Sonya Hartnett
Thomas More: ...And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned around on you--where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?… — Robert Bolt
Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned. — Alyssa Milano
Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Yes, you will. And I will warn you now that not their blood but your suspicion might build evil in them. They will be what… — John Steinbeck
Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid and stationary. We… — Haruki Murakami
Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to… — Terry Goodkind
A great commotion immobilized her in her center of gravity, planted her in her place, and her defensive will was demolished by the irresistible anxiety… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I donâ€™t know what to feed it. — Steven Wright
Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength… — Ronald Reagan
No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness… — Charlotte Bronte
If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears. — Mahmoud Darwish
Poetry is a sort of truancy, a dream within the dream of life, a wild flower planted among our wheat. — Michael Joseph Oakeshott
Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
All the green in the planted world consists of these whole, rounded chloroplasts wending their ways in water. If you analyze a molecule of chlorophyll… — Annie Dillard
Nothing happened. And everything did. Your whole life you can be told something is wrong and so you believe it. Why should you question it?… — Francesca Lia Block
The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I… — Confucius
Will you be quiet?" he asked, smiling down at her. She nodded. He pretended to think about it. "I don't believe you/" She planted her… — Julia Quinn

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