Plants Quotes

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At one point consciousness-altering devices like the microscope and telescope were criminalized for exactly the same reasons that psychedelic plants were banned in later years.… — Timothy Leary
Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
If the age of the Earth were a calendar year and today were a breath before midnight on New Year's Eve, we showed up a… — Janine Benyus
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Primal Plant is going be the strangest creature in the world, which Nature herself must envy me. With this model and the key to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people. They nourish and refresh us and provide a home for dazzling varieties… — Charles Kuralt
When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the other hand, in… — Dalai Lama
Whether we consciously realize it or not, the biodiversity with which we are most familiar, and the biodiversity with which we have most intimate historical,… — Cary Fowler
I think the decision to make substances like steroids from plants, rather than from animal tissues, was a landmark in the history of medicine as… — Gregory Petsko
If trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then… — Nalini Nadkarni
The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Ultimately, the only wealth that can sustain any community, economy or nation is derived from the photosynthetic process - green plants growing on regenerating soil. — Allan Savory
Shape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures. — Ellsworth Kelly
George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him… — Adam McKay
I love to think that animals and humans and plants and fishes and trees and stars and the moon are all connected. — Gloria Vanderbilt
I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me… — Natasha Trethewey
Every two weeks, a language dies. The world is diminished when it loses its human sayings, just as when it loses its diversity of plants… — Eduardo Galeano
The park lies directly downwind from a slew of coal plants. Virtually all of the major contaminants in the local air and water are direct… — Wil S. Hylton
On a regular basis, I conduct work in the Amazon, establishing trade for medicinal plants, and working with small communities to improve their economies and… — Chris Kilham
Promoting the use of sustainable and renewable rainforest products can help to stop rainforest devastation. The rainforests are much more valuable alive than cut or… — Chris Kilham

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