Crash Quote by Horace

The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.

— Horace

“They that soar too high, often fall hard, making a low and level Dwelling preferable. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of…

— Dale Carnegie

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

— Horace

The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.

— Charles Rollin

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

— William Penn

The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?

— Bertolt Brecht

The tallest trees catch the most wind. That comes with the territory of being me.

— Joey Barton

Giant oak trees... have deep root systems that can extend two-and-one-half times their height. Such trees rarely are blown down regardless of how violent…

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

The oak roars when a high wind wrestles with it; the beech shrieks; the elm sends forth a long, deep groan; the ash pours…

— Thomas Starr King

A storm breaks trees. It only bends grass.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

We saw the strong trees struggle and their plumes do down, The poplar bend and whip back till it split to fall, The elm…

— May Sarton

A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the…

— Dalai Lama