Quotes by Tree Something doesn't look right," Vee said. "Is the tire supposed to look like that?" I banged my head against the nearest tree trunk. "So we've got a flat," Vee said. "What now? Becca Fitzpatrick tire tree looks Dante said, “I tried talking Nora into a ride, but she keeps blowing me off.” “That’s because she has a hard-A boyfriend. He must have been homeschooled, because he missed all those valuable lessons we learned in kindergarten, like sharing. He finds out you took Nora for a ride, he’ll wrap this shiny new Porsche around the nearest tree. Becca Fitzpatrick lessons tree talking One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have "windows with trees in them. Bel Kaufman dream tree school What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway up a mountain, must have developed a magic kata, a physical expression of formae. Or at least have got close enough to explain all those legendary swordsmen and their inexplicable desire to roost on the tops of bamboo trees. Ben Aaronovitch expression tree years Landscaping is the great cardinal sin of modern architecture. It's not your garden, it's not a park - it's a formless patch of grass, shrubbery and the occasional tree that exists purely to stop the original developer's plans from looking like a howling concrete wilderness. Ben Aaronovitch parks garden tree I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. Ben Stein tree beautiful people The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.” Benjamin Disraeli fruit tree adventure Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust. It has been fatal to many, both men and beasts. Benjamin Franklin lightning tree men There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and shadow would not be able to follow him and then he never ever had to look at them again. He ran and he ran as fast as he could, but the shadow and the footprints had no problems keeping up to him. And he ran even faster and all of a sudden he fell dead to the ground. But if he been standing still there hadn't been any footprints and if he had been resting under a tree his shadow had been swallowed of the trees shadow. Benjamin Hoff shadow tree men A painting is merely the image of a tree, a man, or any other object reflected in a fountain. The difference between a painting and sculpture is the difference between a shadow and the thing which casts it. Benvenuto Cellini differences tree men Never play tips from "insiders." They can't see the forest for the trees. Bernard Baruch play forests tree Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters. Bernard of Clairvaux vines learning tree Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace. You will find something far greater in the woods than you will find in books. Stones and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters. Bernard of Clairvaux tree wind book I wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli in Florence. It's a dream that won't come true. Berthe Morisot orange dream tree What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors? Bertolt Brecht silence kind tree 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 violent storm tree You can't write poems about trees when the woods are full of policemen. Bertolt Brecht woods writing tree The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants. Bertrand Barere tyrants tree blood L'arbre de la liberté croît lorsqu'il est arrosé du sang de toute espèce de tyrans (The tree of liberty grows only when watered by the blood of tyrants). Bertrand Barere tyrants tree blood Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven. Bertrand Russell roots tree love «56789101112131415»