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Trees Quotes by Wangari Maathai
- Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you…
- Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. For example, the elders of the Kikuyu carried a staff…
- When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.
- There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is…
- It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
- For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes…
- When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet…
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- I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to… — David Bailey
- What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to… — Russell Baker
- The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I… — Douglas Adams
- Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead… — Gerry Adams
- Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. — Dave Barry
- The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. — Henry Ward Beecher
- What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing… — Henry Ward Beecher