Tree Quotes

4223 quotes by 2276 authors

They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum. — Joni Mitchell
When the Ngdanga tribe of West Africa hold their moon love ceremonies, the men of the tribe bang their heads on sacred trees until they… — Mike Harding
Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees. — Ronald Reagan
This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent. — David Salle
This apple tree is not the first one I draw, but perhaps the thousandth. I feel the sap rise to its spreading branches. I feel… — Frederick Franck
When a tree has been transplanted, though fierce winds may blow, it will not topple if it has a firm stake to hold it up.… — Nichiren
After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back. — James G. Watt
As the palm-tree standeth so straight and so tall, The more the hail beats, and the more the rains fall. — Simon Dach
Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf… — Lemn Sissay
There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its… — George Nakashima
The tree that would grow to heaven must send its roots to hell. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The same substance composes us--the tree overhead, the stone beneath us, the bird, the beast, the star--we are all one, all moving to the same… — P L Travers
HOLLY TREE (Ilex aquifolium) is a symbol of good will and is associated with sun gods. In Rome the holly was sacred to Saturn and… — Raven Grimassi
H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are no slouches, either.… — Bill Barich
We have all been hypnotized into thinking that we are smaller than we are. Just as an undersized flowerpot keeps a mighty tree root-bound or… — Alan Cohen
This novel has it all--mystery, psychological insight, emotional truth, and--most important--characters whose lives matter. You'll fall in love with these families. Solti writes with such… — Jonis Agee
It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each… — Criss Jami
If you use a philosophy education well, you can get your foot in the door of any industry you please. Industries are like the blossoms… — Criss Jami
The Arctic is a highway. The tree limit, the scarcity of trees, freed people to walk. Particularly in the wintertime. Which connected people physically, communicatively.… — Nils-Aslak Valkeapaa
A man as he ought to be: that sounds to us as insipid as "a tree as it ought to be. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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