Quotes by Tree Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. George Pope Morris youthtreeinspiring I read, and sigh, and wish I were a tree; For sure then I should grow To fruit or shade: at least some bird would trust Her household to me, and I should be just. George Herbert wishtreebird A mathematician who can only generalise is like a monkey who can only climb up a tree, and a mathematician who can only specialise is like a monkey who can only climb down a tree. In fact neither the up monkey nor the down monkey is a viable creature. A real monkey must find food and escape his enemies and so must be able to incessantly climb up and down. A real mathematician must be able to generalise and specialise. George Polya realmathtree Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed. George S. Clason tinywealthtree What right has any human being to talk of bringing up a child? You do not bring up a tree or a plant. It brings itself up. You have to give it a fair chance by tilling the soil. George Bernard Shaw treegivingchildren All religions are branches of one big tree. It doesn't matter what you call Him just as long as you call. George Harrison godtreelong A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down Gautama Buddha cuttingtreegiving The fountain is my speech. The tulips are my speech. The grass and trees are my speech. George T. Delacorte, Jr. fountainspeechtree A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its Tormentor. George William Curtis ignorancelosttree Only the soldier pines and sentinels still showed green; the broadleaf trees had donned mantles of russet and gold, or else uncloaked themselves to scratch against the sky with branches brown and bare. George R. R. Martin soldierskytree On the gallows tree, all men are brothers. George R. R. Martin brothertreemen A thing which I regret, and which I will try to remedy some time, is that I have never in my life planted a walnut. Nobody does plant them nowadays-when you see a walnut it is almost invariably an old tree. If you plant a walnut you are planting it for your grandchildren, and who cares a damn for his grandchildren? George Orwell grandchildrenregrettree To know something about trees-about even one tree-is to know something profound about the nature of the world and our place in it. Gerald Jonas treeprofoundworld As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with the voices, forming an intricate pattern of sound, I knew that someday I would have to return or be haunted forever by the beauty and mystery that is Africa. Gerald Durrell voicefiretree Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. Gerard De Nerval natureflowertree I wish people were all trees and I think I could enjoy them then. Georgia O'Keeffe treepeoplethinking There is something so perfect about the mountains and the lake and the trees... sometimes I want to tear it all to pieces. Georgia O'Keeffe lakesperfecttree We must guard against becoming so engrossed in the specific nature of the roots and bark of the trees of knowledge as to miss the meaning and grandeur of the forest they compose. George S. Patton rootstreeknowledge I've never found anything to be lacking in a blurry canvas. Quite the contrary: you can see many more things in it than in a sharply focused image. A landscape painted with exactness forces you to see a determined number of clearly differentiated trees, while in a blurry canvas you can perceive as many trees as you want. The painting is more open. Gerhard Richter treenumbersart My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a crown. For you shall be my lady love, and I shall be your lord. I’ll always keep you warm and safe, and guard you with my sword. And how she smiled and how she laughed, the maiden of the tree. She spun away and said to him, no featherbed for me. I’ll wear a gown of golden leaves, and bind my hair with grass, But you can be my forest love, and me your forest lass. George R. R. Martin hairyellowtree«3132333435363738394041»
