Pruned Quotes
11 quotes by 11 authors
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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
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Life is a copiously branching bush, continually pruned by the grim reaper of extinction, not a ladder of predictable progress.
— Stephen Jay Gould
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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
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The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.
— Maya Angelou
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Time is an amazing enigma in which seeds that were planted can turn into a vibrant garden if properly pruned.
— Alyssa Milano
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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: