Trunks Quotes

163 quotes by 153 authors

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots… — Henry Ward Beecher
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow. — Aeschylus
Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top. — Orlando Bloom
Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley proportional to its size, and… — John Playfair
The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned his… — Robert Aris Willmott
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable… — Ronald Knox
A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from… — Laozi
The divisions of science are not like different lines that meet in one angle, but rather like the branches of trees that join in one… — Francis Bacon
This single Stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected Corner, I once knew in a flourishing State in a Forest: It was… — Jonathan Swift
Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything-the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people sitting in front,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I was self-conscious of what I would call my "tree-trunk legs" because they are very muscular... but now I've learned to love them. — Vanessa Hudgens
Talk about meeting your soul mate ... I truly feel I have been given that gift. And believe me, I wasn't some lightweight package. I'm,… — Demi Moore
Friends aren't jumper cables. You don't throw them into the trunk and pull them out for emergencies. — Charlie Krueger
Our nation is like a tree of which the original trunk is swarajya and the branches are swadeshi and boycott. — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind,… — Edwin Markham
I wanted to keep these trunks as a souvenir." "Now look at them." "They were splattered with blood. — Muhammad Ali
After you reach a certain age, they think youâ€™re over. Well, I will never be over. Iâ€™ll be making records if I have to sell… — Dolly Parton
I've always liked long, flowing clothes,...I used to rummage around in my grandmother's trunks trying to find them. I love the feeling of chiffon and… — Stevie Nicks
With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk. — John von Neumann
The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft. — George Balanchine

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