Money Quote by Eric Weiner

“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot…

— Native American

“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot…

— Cree Indian Prophecy

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize…

— Cree Indian Expression

“Only when the last fish is gone, the last river poisoned, the last tree cut down...will mankind realize they cannot eat money.”

— Greenpeace

“However, I do spot this hand-painted sign, propped up by two pieces of wood on the side of the road. "When the last tree…

— Eric Weiner

“Here every bird and fish knew its course. Every tree had its own place upon this earth. Only man had lost his way.”

— Margaret Craven

“Trout, incidentally, had written a book about a money tree. It had twenty-dollar bills for leaves. Its flowers were government bonds. Its fruit was…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Man can no more see the world than a fish can see the river bank.”

— Remy de Gourmont

“make this day a tree leaning over the river eternity and fuss about in its branches.”

— Jimmy Santiago Baca

“When all the birds and all the fish join forces, the politicians will be forced to chew on and swallow their own slimy, wormlike…

— Jarod Kintz

“when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories…

— Kenneth Grahame

“It would take a fish a lifetime to climb a tree but only a year to cross the ocean.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo