Biology Quote by John Fowles

To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities.

— Jane Goodall

In talking of evolution, it is common to have in mind a tree.

— Russell Stannard

Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky.

— Carl Sagan

“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature. Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

— Winston Churchill

Like people, trees are all individuals.

— David Hockney

When trees mature, it is fair and moral that they are cut for man's use, as they would soon decay and return to the…

— George Nakashima

“Another object lesson of why humans should have stayed in trees, where they could not behave in such an idiotic way. Or possibly we…

— Kerry Greenwood

Trees ask us to examine how we live in the natural world, with one another, and intrapersonally.

— Greg Reitman

Trees acquire strength by growing slowly and flexing with the pressures of nature. Us too.

— Gene Simmons

Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved.

— Winifred Holtby

“Trees are selfless, so all species thrive. If they were like humans, the world wouldn’t survive.”

— Vinita Kinra