Cities Quote by Mehmet Murat Ildan

Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it.…

— Henry David Thoreau

The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now.

— George Perkins Marsh

Research gathered over recent years has highlighted the countless benefits to people, wildlife and the environment that come from planting trees and creating new…

— Clive Anderson

Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a…

— Jack Zipes

Urban forests provide a number of benefits to communities, including carbon sequestration, a reduction in air pollution and noise, conservation of energy for homeowners,…

— Nicole Malliotakis

In light of the documented benefits of urban trees, we must also ensure that we increase green spaces in underserved communities throughout the city…

— Letitia James

“It can only benefit the city to have endless waves of exceptionally capable, even brilliant, folk unfettered by class and family connections. They change…

— Catherynne M. Valente

Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.

— Vladimir Horowitz

Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.

— Gavin Newsom

What a noble gift to man are the Forests! What a debt of gratitude and admiration we owe to their beauty and their utility!…

— Susan Fenimore Cooper

There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make…

— Edmonia Lewis

At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson