Quotes by Tree The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don't mind admitting it. Hunter S. Thompson realtreeamerica I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor. Hugo Chavez housetreekids It's about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing there like jerks! Homer standing-therejerktree I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts. Ian Anderson treeartschool When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree. Ian Frazier upsettreethinking What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever. Ian Hamilton Finlay eventsstonestree The environment is in us, not outside of us. The trees are our lungs, the rivers our bloodstream. We are all interconnected, and what you do to the environment ultimately you do to yourself. Ian Somerhalder environmentriverstree There is no differentiation between all living things: trees, river, animals, and humans. Ian Somerhalder riverstreeanimal We are the environment. The world is literally one biological process. The trees are our lungs. Look at the Amazon River system next to a human cardiovascular system, look at corals or trees and look at our lungs, you literally cannot tell the difference. They’re the same. So when we destroy our environment, we’re effectively destroying ourselves. Ian Somerhalder differencesriverstree We have so many alternatives, like kenaf. It produces more crop, it's hardier, and creates incredible paper products. Why are we deforesting for pulp and paper when we have a logical and efficient solution in plants like kenaf or bamboo? It doesn't make sense to me at all. I'm inviting anyone else who thinks the same to reach out and get involved with our think tanks around creating tree free alternatives ASAP. Ian Somerhalder creatingtreethinking What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away. Henry Ward Beecher rootstreepast The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and the trees their leaves. Horace laststreesnow We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit of faith should be evident in our lives, for being a Christian is more than making sound professions of faith. It should reveal itself in practical and visible ways. Indeed it is better to keep quiet about our beliefs, and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe, but fail to live by it. Ignatius of Antioch christiantreebelieve A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty. Henry Ward Beecher fruitlibertytree The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its architecture. Henry Ward Beecher her-beautyenglandtree If an artist tells you "this is an oak tree," then it better be an oak tree. It's how you proclaim things; if you say "the silence is the music," then it's the music. Igor Levit silenceartisttree Break open the cherry tree: where are the blossoms? Just wait for spring time to see how they bloom. Ikkyu waitingspringtree Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree. Henry David Thoreau pioneersboardstree When you look at the sheer volume of paper usage in the U.S. alone, it's truly frightening: paper towels, toilet paper, napkins, writing paper. Our consumption of trees is endless. Ian Somerhalder towelswritingtree Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress. Henry Ward Beecher treesciencedeath«4041424344454647484950»
