Tree Quotes

4223 quotes by 2276 authors

Ring-ting! I wish I were a primrose, A bright yellow primrose blowing in the spring! The stooping boughs above me, The wandering bee to love… — William Allingham
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to… — John Keats
We [The Replacements] never made any money on tour. None of us came out of the school of economics. We took it for granted that… — Paul Westerberg
What we want is another sample of life, which is not on our tree of life at all. All life that we've studied so far… — Paul Davies
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones,… — John Fowles
If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and… — Matthew Fox
My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the… — Robert Frost
Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is… — Stephen Fry
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. — Thomas Fuller
You can take for granted that people know more or less what a street, a shop, a beach, a sky, an oak tree look like.… — Neil Gaiman
I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon… — Hamlin Garland
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. — Marcus Garvey
There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees. — Henry Louis Gates
The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched. — Henry Louis Gates
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars… — Henry Louis Gates
You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to...… — Henry Louis Gates
When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers. — Haile Gebrselassie
I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people… — Geronimo
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. — Khalil Gibran
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. — Khalil Gibran

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