Quotes tagged ‘plants’

“The most interesting plants grow in the shade.”

— Charles Addams, Miles Millar, Alfred Gough, Marilyn Thornhill, Christina Ricci, imdb.com

“All that pink. All those plants. All that white.”

— Molly Fischer, The Cut, thecut.com

“A beloved philodendron will never cover the walls in crayon or soil the carpet.”

— Casey Bond, huffpost.com

“What's one step up from a cute yoga skeleton? How about a cute yoga skeleton with an air plant for hair?”

— Karenna Meredith, popsugar.com

“Is a dog man's best friend? I had a dog. The dog was large. It ate my garden, all the plants, and much earth. The dog ate so much earth it died. Its body went back to the earth. I have a memory of this dog. The memory is all that I have left of my dog. He was black — and white.”

— Harley Peyton, Robert Engels, Log Lady, Catherine E. Coulson, imdb.com

“Avoid gurus, follow plants.”

— Terence McKenna, amazon.com

“From the Leaves, and Downs, and Beards of Plants, we come at last to the Seeds; and here indeed seems to be the Cabinet of Nature, wherein are laid up its Jewels.”

— Robert Hooke, amazon.com

“love requires space and light; so do plants. so do you.”

— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com

“Now, as I wandered in the cycad forest on Rota, it seemed as if my senses were actually enlarging, as if a new sense, a time sense, was opening within me, something which might allow me to appreciate millennia or aeons as directly as I had experienced seconds or minutes.”

— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com

“The beauty of the forest is extraordinary — but “beauty” is too simple a word, for being here is not just an aesthetic experience, but one steeped with mystery, with awe”

— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com

“Most people don't realize that the slaughter plant is much gentler than nature. Animals in the wild die from starvation, predators, or exposure. If I had a choice, I would rather go through a slaughter system than have my guts ripped out by coyotes or lions while I was still conscious. Unfortunately…”

— Temple Grandin, amazon.com

“Imagine if species of plants had as much advertising every year as brands of drugs.”

— Tao Lin, twitter.com

“FYI: Crude Oil is just as “natural” as Natural Gas. They both derive from buried, long-dead, decomposed plants & animals.””

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com

“Curiously, light-loving GREEN plants reject the Sun's GREEN light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look GREEN.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com