Tree Quotes

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

Fake is as old as the Eden tree.

You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.

I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.

In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap.

Nothing the desert produces expresses it better than the unhappy growth of the tree yuccas.

I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the way Steichen did. I'll be photographing other old people.

With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting.

I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.

I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.

Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?

We could not guard every water pipeline from being blown up and every tree from being uprooted. We could not prevent every murder of a worker in an orchard or a family in their beds.

Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree.

An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from.

I'd like a relationship that was like two tree trunks side by side, strong but independent.

Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous.

Stunted varieties were generally chosen, particularly if they had the side branches opposite or regular, for much depends upon this; a one-sided tree is of no value in the eyes of the Chinese.

The tree was evidently aged, from the size of its stem. It was about six feet high, the branches came out from the stem in a regular and symmetrical manner, and it had all the appearance of a tree in miniature.

The oak has long been an enduring and mighty tree. It is truly a part of our national heritage and it merits the formal distinction of America's National Tree.

A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.

Yes, our tree has an interesting shape. The center branches reflect the shape of the zero curve. When extreme parts of the tree are reached the branching pattern changes to accommodate the mean reversion.

Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.

But only God can make a tree.

Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state.

Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.

Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.

You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.

'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'

I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead.

When I was handed a hammer, my first project was building a three-story tree house.

Humanity is the rich effluvium, it is the waste and the manure and the soil, and from it grows the tree of the arts.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree.

My feet are like gnarled old tree branches.

Behind every tree there's a new monster.

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

What do you do with people in same-sex relationships that are committed, loving and Christian? Would you rather bless a sheep and a tree, and not them?

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

You can't sow an apple seed and expect to get an avocado tree. The consequences of your life are sown in what you do and how you behave.

A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.

The rubber industry is of much significance to our countries. For millions of our smallholders, the rubber tree is a tree of life, serving as a crucial source of income for earning a living and raising families.

Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest.

I haven't bought a yacht or an island or even a palm tree.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

If bad decorating was a hanging offense, there'd be bodies hanging from every tree!

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.

I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.

The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor.

When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.

A tree is an incomprehensible mystery.