Quotes by Tree But I like to think that a lot of managers and executives trying to solve problems miss the forest for the trees by forgetting to look at their people -- not at how much more they can get from their people or how they can more effectively manage their people. I think they need to look a little more closely at what it's like for their people to come to work there every day. Gordon Bethune treepeoplethinking One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree. Gautama Buddha overcomingtreewind Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me-- George Orwell chestnutsnineteentree I compare arithmetic with a tree that unfolds upwards in a multitude of techniques and theorems while the root drives into the depths. Gottlob Frege techniquerootstree There is more danger of numerical sequences continued indefinitely than of trees growing up to heaven. Each will some time reach its greatest height. Gottlob Frege growing-uptreeheaven God wrote His loveliest poem on the day He made the first silver poplar tree, And set it high upon a pale-gold hill For all the new enchanted earth to see. Grace Noll Crowell goldearthtree Trees and clean energy [are] the long-run solution but we have no time to wait for the long run. We need a short-run solution now, and one that encourages and facilitates the transition to the long-run solution. Graciela Chichilnisky runningtreelong From a withered tree, a flower blooms Gautama Buddha witheredflowertree I am the last leaf on the tree, and the wind is blowing. Gordon B. Hinckley ldstreewind The patient. The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience: - they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity. Friedrich Nietzsche treegivingpeople I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too. Graeme Murphy greenflowertree It is a simple matter to plant trees in straight lines, but informal groupings will test the sensitivities of the most experienced planter and the smaller the groups the more difficult they are to place. Graham Stuart Thomas groupssimpletree I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene. Grandma Moses coloreyetree There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory cry of the great ape as it issued from the androgynous chest of Johnny Weissmuller, to the accompaniment of thousands of arms and legs snapping during attempts to swing from tree to tree in the backyards of the Republic. Gore Vidal swingstreemen To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. Gore Vidal treebirdmen Taking down the Christmas tree makes it feel official: time to get back to joyless and cynical. Greg Fitzsimmons cynicalfeelstree I love touring in the United States. It's dramatically different wherever you go. North to south you're going from snow to palm trees. Greg Lake united-statestreesnow A good civilisation spreads over us freely like a tree, varying and yielding because it is alive. A bad civilisation stands up and sticks out above us like an umbrella-artificial, mathematical in shape; not merely universal, but uniform. Gilbert K. Chesterton alivetreecivilization Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree. Greg Koukl galatianscursedtree Trees ask us to examine how we live in the natural world, with one another, and intrapersonally. Greg Reitman naturaltreeworld«3334353637383940414243»
