Pruned Quotes

11 quotes by 11 authors

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. — Liberty Hyde Bailey
Life is a copiously branching bush, continually pruned by the grim reaper of extinction, not a ladder of predictable progress. — Stephen Jay Gould
Ineffective or weak brain connections are pruned in much the same way a gardener would prune a tree or bush, giving the plant a desired… — Alison Gopnik
The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood. — Maya Angelou
Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that… — Will Durant
Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must… — Carl von Clausewitz
For eager teachers seized my youth, pruned my faith and trimmed my fire. Showed me the high, white star of truth, there bade me gaze… — Matthew Arnold
I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
You imagine the carefully pruned, shaped thing that is presented to you is truth. That is just what it isn't. The truth is improbable, the… — Jean Rhys
Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned. — Alyssa Milano
That's exactly why nature always trumps gardens. Gardens are just reality pruned of chaos. What doesn't work you rip out. — Justina Chen

Who Wrote These Pruned Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 11 Pruned Quotes as follows: