Tropical Quotes

93 quotes by 89 authors

In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and… — Diane Ackerman
Soft rock music isn't rock, and it ain't music. It's just soft. Reminds me of something my third-grade teacher said to us. She said, "You… — George Carlin
I am engaged in answering that Italian buffoon, Mazotti, whose views upon the larval development of the tropical termites have excited my derision and contempt… — Arthur Conan Doyle
"Have you done your homework?" my mother would ask. "I'll do it later." "You will do it now, young man. I don't want you winding… — Lewis Grizzard
Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval [tropical] forests, ... temples filled with the varied productions… — Charles Darwin
There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside the eyes of… — David Attenborough
Trend analyses for extreme tropical cyclones are unreliable because of operational changes that have artificially resulted in more intense tropical cyclones being recorded, casting severe… — Christopher Landsea
Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The cheapest and most efficient way of slowing down global warming is to protect and restore the forests, particularly the tropical forests — Jane Goodall
Wildness and silence disappeared from the countryside, sweetness fell from the air, not because anyone wished them to vanish or fall but because throughways had… — Archibald MacLeish
The long summer was over. For ages a tropical climate had prevailed over a great part of the earth, and animals whose home is now… — Louis Agassiz
It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and radioactive wastes, acid… — Carl Sagan
You show me a tropical fruit and I'll show you a cocksucker from Guatemala. — George Carlin
My first American ancestor, gentlemen, was an Indian-an early Indian. Your ancestors skinned him alive, and I am an orphan. All those Salem witches were… — Mark Twain
After Nicholas hung up the phone, he watched his mother carry buckets and garden tools across the couch grass toward a bed that would, come… — Stephen M. Irwin
Target launch date for Falcon I maiden flight is Halloween(October 31) from our island launch complex in the Kwajalein Atoll. For potential customers out there,… — Elon Musk
Cynie Cory roams the outer reaches of the heartâ€™s territory, from the snowy winter of family life to the tropical jungles of love. She wears… — Barbara Hamby
The God's tropical...ladies call me 'Black Fruit Punch.' — Ghostface Killah
Itâ€™s just starting. I think itâ€™s going to take another year and a half to get up to critical mass, but everybody loves Chinese food,… — Andrew Zimmern
Although I wasnt able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the… — Tony Hillerman

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