Plants Quotes

815 Plants quotes by 601 unique authors

Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter… — Steven Pinker
When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants… — Ayn Rand
When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when… — Jeremy Rifkin
Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Many of us didn't believe in the image of bin Laden as a wandering Old Man of the Mountains, living on plants and insects in… — Salman Rushdie
Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country. — Marilyn vos Savant
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and… — Albert Schweitzer
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled… — Eliot Spitzer
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming… — Edward Steichen
I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the… — David Suzuki
When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper. — Anthony Trollope
Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even… — Morihei Ueshiba
I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number… — J C Watts
Human beings and plants have co-evolved for millions of years, so it makes perfect sense that our complex bodies would be adapted to absorb needed,… — Andrew Weil
You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names… — Vivienne Westwood
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a… — John Greenleaf Whittier
When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate… — E. O. Wilson
The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of… — E. O. Wilson
How about no one's ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record industry is over. Game over. There's no more record… — will.i.am

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