Quotes by Tree If a tree fell in the forest, and you were the only one there to hear it; if its fall to the ground didn’t make a sound, would you panic in fear that you didn’t exist, or would you bask in the bliss of your nothingness? Andrea Gibson sound tree fall To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down. Andrew Cohen colonialism cutting tree How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays; And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree. Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all flow'rs and all trees do close To weave the garlands of repose. Andrew Marvell winning tree men Annihilating all that's made, To a green thought in a green shade. Andrew Marvell shade green tree How vainly men themselves amaze, / To win the palm, the oak, or bays; / And their incessant labours see / Crowned from some single herb or tree. Andrew Marvell winning tree men It is ourselves that we must spread under Christ's feet, not coats nor lifeless branches or shoots of trees. Andrew of Crete coats feet tree A youth, like a tree, needs pruning. Andrew Wiggins pruning tree needs With watercolour, you can pick up the atmosphere, the temperature, the sound of snow shifting through the trees or over the ice of a small pond or against a windowpane. Watercolour perfectly expresses the free side of my nature. Andrew Wyeth ice tree snow I think a lot of what is involved in finding a noticer is to watch people and see what fruit people have on the tree. You examine that life and see if it has the kind of fruit you want to produce in your life. Andy Andrews tree people thinking Often I'll go outside and just place my hands on the soil, even if there's no work to do on it. When I am filled with worries, I do that and I can feel the energy of the mountains and of the trees. Andy Couturier worry tree hands I knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood. And there's this tremendous sense of absence and shock and violence attendant to that collapsing tree. Andy Goldsworthy cutting violence tree If you've ever come across a tree that you've lived with for many years and then one day it's blown over, there's incredible shock and violence about that. Andy Goldsworthy one-day tree years A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket. Andy Pick one-day team tree The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty. Andy Rooney light dark tree George Foreman can knock down Angelo Dundee oak-tree tree moving A tree is such a rich metaphor in a million beautiful ways. You can consider a tree growing and consider its connectedness to all things above and under the ground. Ann Brashares growing tree beautiful No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die. Ann Brashares cutting matter tree Liberals are more upset when a tree is chopped down than when a child is aborted. Ann Coulter upset tree children Liberals are more upset when a tree is chopped down than when a child is aborted. Even if one rates an unborn child less than a full-blown person, doesn't the unborn child rate slightly higher than vegetation? Ann Coulter upset tree children The light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick with leaves in the last few months. Ann Patchett cutting light tree «1234567891011»
