Quotes by Tree Sometimes we and the members of Coldplay have an orgy together, (Martin) insists we don't invite any women, but I always invite a few. Usually I sing Fake Plastic Trees while he reams me from behind *Laughs* It wears me out *laughs*. Thom Yorke faketreelaughing The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value. Theodore Roosevelt treesciencehistory Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free. Thomas Campbell gardenlandtree O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree. Thomas Campbell barrenspotstree To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees. Theodore Roosevelt gardentreepeople If there is any one duty which more than another we owe it to our children and our children's children to perform at once, it is to save the forests of this country, for they constitute the first and most important element in the conservation of the natural resources of this country. Theodore Roosevelt treecountrychildren Time that weakens all things else has but strengthened the impregnable position of the believer's faith and hope and confidence. And as, year by year, the tree adds another ring to its circumference, every age has added the testimony of its events to this great truth. "The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord shall endure forever. Thomas Guthrie flowertreeyears To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. Thomas Hardy woodsvoicetree Perhaps God does with His heavenly garden as we do with our own. He may chiefly stock it from nurseries, and select for transplanting what is yet in its young and tender age--flowers before they have bloomed and trees ere they begin to bear. Thomas Guthrie gardenflowertree A tree root won't get into your sewer line unless there's something already wrong with your sewer line. I know most people don't want to hear that, but it's true Thomas J. Hylton rootstreepeople A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral. Theodore Roosevelt giantstreebeautiful The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees. Theodore Roosevelt voicetreenight I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley of the Euphrates. Theodore Roosevelt valleystreefirsts It was the month of May, the month when the foliage of herbs and trees is most freshly green, when buds ripened and blossoms appear in their fragrance and loveliness. And the month when lovers, subject to the same force which reawakens the plants, feel their hearts open again, recall past trysts and past vows, and moments of tenderness, and yearn for a renewal of the magical awareness which is love. Thomas Malory hearttreepast The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May. Thomas Malory heartspringtree You know, I never imagined there were he-dryads. Not even in an oak tree." One of the giants grinned at him. Druellae snorted. "Stupid! Where do you think acorns come from? Terry Pratchett stupidtreethinking I can't be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I'd be mad, and I'm not mad, so trees can't talk. Terry Pratchett sanetreetalking I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree. Thomas Menino grew-upchristmastree Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees. Thomas Merton foreststreewind As a natural process, of the same character as the development of a tree from its seed, or of a fowl from its egg, evolution excludes creation and all other kinds of supernatural intervention. Thomas Huxley eggstreecharacter«103104105106107108109110111112113»
