Plants Quotes

815 Plants quotes by 601 unique authors

From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young plants from seeds are dissimilar… — Erasmus Darwin
Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants at tree, is more than all. — John Greenleaf Whittier
When a man plants a tree, he plants himself. — John Muir
Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to… — John Muir
Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason… — Rachel Carson
Plants, animals, and stars are all kept in place, bridled along appointed ways, with one another, and through the midst of one another -- killing… — John Muir
One must first seek to love plants and nature, and then to cultivate that happy peace of mind which is satisfied with little. He will… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I… — John Muir
Here is my Farm Relief bill: Every time a Southerner plants nothing on his farm but cotton year after year, and the Northerner nothing but… — Will Rogers
A grateful loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the… — John Greenleaf Whittier
Plants are as responsive to thought as children. — Luther Burbank
The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love. While I was conducting experiments to make spineless cacti, I often talked to… — Luther Burbank
They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about. — John Muir
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. One fancies a heart like our… — John Muir
The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or in delicate wreaths,… — John Muir
I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they… — Peace Pilgrim
There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of a… — Aldo Leopold
When we mistake what we can know for all there is to know, a healthy appreciation of one's ignorance in the face of a mystery… — Michael Pollan
Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees. — Ronald Reagan
The roots of tobacco plants must go clear through to hell. Satan's principal agent Dyspepsia must have charge of this branch of the vegetable kingdom. — Thomas A. Edison

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