Plants Quotes

815 quotes by 601 authors

If gardeners will forget a little the phrase, "watering the plants" and think of watering as a matter of "watering the earth" under the plants,… — Henry Beston
In the time that I have been acquainted with this region I have become increasingly aware of it as a testament of water, the origin… — W S Merwin
All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . The… — Aldo Leopold
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people,… — Nhat Hanh
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… — Unknown Author
The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins as the differences… — Ray Lankester
...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government… — Harry Browne
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full… — D. Elton Trueblood
People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated.… — John Kenneth Galbraith
I have no plants in my house. They won't live for me. Some of them don't even wait to die, they commit suicide. — Jerry Seinfeld
If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over; you will experience… — Wendell Berry
He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments -… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps. — Amos Bronson Alcott
A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! — Thomas Edward Brown
I do not know the names of all the weeds and plants, I have to do as Adam did in his garden... name things as… — Charles Dudley Warner
I am not a greedy person except about flowers and plants, and then I become fanatically greedy. — May Sarton
With plants, persuasion is better than force. — Unknown Author
I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for… — David Hobson
Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals. — Aldo Leopold
He who plants a tree, plants a hope. — Lucy Larcom

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