Quotes by Tree Almost everything about the universe is astounding. I think the most amazing thing is how gifted we are - we are only monkeys who came down from the trees just recently. We have these amazing gifts of music and mathematics and painting and Olympic running. Freeman Dyson runningtreethinking Of course, the English countryside is completely artificial. It was naturally a forest; they chopped down the trees and made it into what it is now: really a beautiful country. Freeman Dyson treebeautifulcountry Mo'Nique is so full of love. I've been describing her as the tree in 'Pocahontas.' She's so wise and loving. She is just everything. Gabourey Sidibe describingwisetree Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed. Friedrich Nietzsche fruittreethinking I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. Its a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river. Gail Simmons swimmingriverstree The first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants . Gabriel Garcia Marquez lineslaststree In Seattle we live among the trees and the waterways, and we feel we are rocked gently in the cradle of life. Our winters are not cold and our summers are not hot and we congratulate ourselves for choosing such a spectacular place to rest our heads. Garth Stein summerwintertree Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon. Garth Nix lightmoontree I'm not speaking metaphorically, plants that you have in your house, or if you've ever made friends with a tree somewhere, there is a moment that these beings can aid you. Frederick Lenz buddhismnaturetree If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is around to hear it, and it hits a mime, does anyone care? Gary Larson doetreefall We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers. Gary Lineker nursetreeteacher He's in the mold of a Tom Watson, in that he'll hit the ball in the trees and undaunted go it there, flail it out and make something out of it. Gary McCord moldgolftree Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have Gavin Newsom streetscommunitytree Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities. Gavin Newsom benefitscitiestree A log cabin symbolized the embrace between civilization and nature, humans literally wrapping the trees around them as they might draw on a coat and hat. Gene Logsdon hatstreecivilization Where there is the tree of knowledge, there is always Paradise: so say the most ancient and most modern serpents. Friedrich Nietzsche paradisetreeknowledge Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook. Friedrich Nietzsche herodoetree Trees acquire strength by growing slowly and flexing with the pressures of nature. Us too. Gene Simmons growingpressuretree You cannot spend your life wanting to be someone else, snipping off pieces of yourself you don't like, and suddenly expect, upon reaching a goal, to be confident, self-accepting, rooted like an oak tree in your being. Geneen Roth goalselftree Does anyone pray before they cut a tree? I haven't seen anyone do that yet in the timber industry. But my vision is that that day is coming. I have a vision of a world in which we relate to each other as souls - not as personalities - not as bodies and minds and capabilities to accomplish things in this domain of the five sense, but as immortal spirits learning together how to co-create this world. Gary Zukav cuttingpersonalitytree«2930313233343536373839»
