Twigs Quotes

61 Twigs quotes by 57 unique authors

The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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
Acting on even a twig of faith allows God to grow it. — Henry B. Eyring
O frost bitten blossoms, That are unfolding your wings From out the envious black branches. Bloom quickly and make much of the sunshine. The twigs… — William Carlos Williams
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl. — James Russell Lowell
On my last day of shooting, I'd be happy to say 'Cut, it's a wrap' and fall off the twig. — Richard Attenborough
There are patterns in everything, in the whole of Nature, from the way the stars turn in the heavens to the whorl of a shell… — Celia Rees
I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me,… — Kathe Kollwitz
Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig. — Chinua Achebe
Rain-diamonds, this winter morning, embellish the tangle of unpruned pear-tree twigs; each solitaire, placed, it appears, with considered judgement, bears the light beneath the rifted… — Denise Levertov
The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated… — Isaac Newton
Personal, spiritual symmetry emerges only from the shaping of prolonged obedience. Twigs are bent, not snapped into shape. — Neal A. Maxwell
If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very… — Romain Rolland
Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree. — Stephen Jay Gould
That little bird has chosen his shelter. Above it are the stars and the deep heaven of worlds. Yet he is rocking himself to sleep… — Martin Luther
Criticism is properly the rod of divination: a hazel switch for the discovery of buried treasure, not a birch twig for the castigation of offenders. — Arthur Symons
For me looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another… — Andy Goldsworthy
Modern art must strike out from the old. The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old…Have you… — Albert Pinkham Ryder
Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None… — Robert Henri
The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend… — Richard Baxter
Not to find one's way in a city may well be uninteresting and banal. It requires ignorance - nothing more. But to lose oneself in… — Walter Benjamin
I used to be so twig skinny that I couldn't eat enough, because I was just naturally skinny. Until I went to China. — Lisa Ling
As a child I drew objects that caught my eye outside the window of my room - the dry twigs, leaves and lizard-like creatures crawling… — R. K. Laxman
No nose hair. Ever. You'd be surprised at all the little twigs sticking out. I just can't get it. How can you see that and… — Kyan Douglas
He was sure that he was not the cause of the abrupt silence. His passage through the canyon had not previously disturbed either birds or… — Dean Koontz

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