Quotes by Tree I know a parson who frightened his congregation terribly by telling them the second coming was very imminent indeed, but they were much consoled when they found he was planting trees in his garden. Bertrand Russell gardentreereligion Have you ever watched a leaf leave a tree? It falls upward first, and then it drifts toward the ground, just as I find myself drifting towards you. Beth Kephart i-love-youfalling-in-lovetree But this tree in the yard-this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up it's stump-this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it. Betty Smith treetryingmen No matter where its seed fell, it made a tree which struggled to reach the sky. It grew in boarded-up lots and out of neglected rubbish heaps, and it was the only tree that grew out of cement. It grew lushly, but only in the tenements districts.... That was the kind of tree it was. It liked poor people. Betty Smith skytreepeople If there was only one tree like that in the world, you would think it was beautiful. But because there are so many, you just can't see how beautiful it really is. Betty Smith treebeautifulthinking H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are no slouches, either. They're spannered, rat-arsed, cabbaged, and hammered; ruined, legless, scorched, and blottoed; or simply trolleyed or sloshed. In Kerry, you're said to be flamin'; in Waterford, you're in the horrors; and in Cavan, you've gone baloobas, a tough one to wrap your tongue around if you ARE baloobas. In Donegal, you're steamin', while the afflicted in Limerick are out of their tree. Bill Barich drunktreelong Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead. Bill Bryson devilwanttree When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree. Bill Cosby philadelphiatreechildren Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again. Bill Crawford perspectiverunningtree I was a dork hunter. That's hard to do. I fell out of a tree. Bill Engvall dorkhunterstree God makes trees, he doesn't write books. Bill Maher writingtreebook 'The Lorax,'...it's a mythical, woodland creature, right, who's for saving trees. He speaks for the trees because no one else can. Kind of the way conservatives speak for fetuses. Bill Maher fetussavingtree It boggles my mind that someone can see life breathed into a baby, watch the grass die and then come to life again, see leaves fall and watch the rebirth of a tree, or gaze on any of the majestic splendor that is this earth and not be overpowered by the presence of an Almighty God! Bill McCartney treebabyfall Trees are responsible for 3/4 of all rains Bill Mollison responsibleraintree Hard to find anything lovelier than a tree. They grow at right angles to a tangent of the nominal sphere of the Earth. Bill Nye spheresearthtree As the tree is bent, so it will grow. Bill O'Reilly bentgrowstree Vision connects you. But it also separates you. In my work, and my life, I feel a desire to merge. Not in terms of losing my own identity... but theres a feeling that life is interconnected, that theres life in stones and rocks and trees and dirt, like there is in us. Bill Viola rocksfeelingstree And the needles of the pine trees, freshly washed to a deep, rich green, shimmered with droplets that blinked like clear crystals. Billie Letts crystalsgreentree I shampoo only once a week or so, with tree tea oil shampoo. And when I slap moisturizer on my face - just some stuff I bought in the grocery store - I pile it through my hair. Billy Campbell oilhairtree Save the Trees? Trees are the main cause of Forest Fires! Billy Connolly fireforeststree«678910111213141516»
