Shrubs Quotes

25 Shrubs quotes by 21 unique authors

I find the love of garden grows upon me as I grow older more and more. Shrubs and flowers and such small gay things, that… — Maria Edgeworth
My pre-occupation is with the relationship between objects, whether I am dealing with woods, fields or water, rocks or trees, shrubs and plants, or groups… — Russell Page
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every… — Henry David Thoreau
I walk in the garden, I look at the flowers and shrubs and trees and discover in them an exquisiteness of contour, a vitality of… — Bernard Berenson
Consider the many special delights a lawn affords: soft mattress for a creeping baby; worm hatchery for a robin; croquet or badminton court; baseball diamond;… — Katharine Sergeant Angell White
Eradication of this unquenchable shrub [tamarisk] will save water, lower salinity levels and create a more congenial habitat for the Southwest Willow Flycatcher and a… — Wayne Allard
In water and on land, in trees, shrubs, and creepers-everywhere in the whole universe abides my Beloved. Further, all the various forms and modes of… — Anandamayi Ma
However small your garden, you must provide for two of the serious gardener's necessities, a tool shed and a compost heap. A wire bin takes… — Ann Scott
Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to… — Paul of the Cross
She what was honour knew, And with obsequious majesty approv'd My pleaded reason. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn; all… — John Milton
When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with… — Saint Augustine
It is only necessary that man should start a fence that Nature should carry it on and complete it. The farmer cannot plow quite up… — Henry David Thoreau
I see in many places little barberry bushes just come up densely in the cow-dung, like young apple trees, the berries having been eaten by… — Henry David Thoreau
What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs,… — Jeffrey Donovan
A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In… — John Charles Polanyi
The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and… — William Cowper
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade… — Teresa of Avila
The nature of the place...whether high or low, moist or dry, whether sloping north or south, or bearing tall trees or low shrubs...generally gives hint… — John James Audubon
She was always puzzled that people say that darkness falls. To her it seemed instead to rise, massing under trees an shrubs, pouring out from… — Katherine Howe
Lyon knew she wasn't aware she was being watched, either. She wouldn't have eaten the leaf otherwise, or reached for another. “Sir, which one is… — Julie Garwood
Behold the male beast roaring in the jungle for his mate," said Elphaba. "See how the female beast giggles behind a shrub while she organizes… — Gregory Maguire
There's nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded out… — Steve Toltz
I felt a positive yearning toward one bush this afternoon. There was a match found for me at last. I fell in love with a… — Henry David Thoreau
We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set with bulbs, and… — Alice Morse Earle
I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate. — Jeffrey Donovan

Who Wrote These Shrubs Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 25 Shrubs Quotes as follows: