Quotes tagged ‘Trees’

“Seedlings severed from the forest’s underground lifelines are much more likely to die than their networked counterparts.”

— Ferris Jabr, nytimes.com

“We hate camp. It stinks like trees. And the boy only likes to poop at home.”

— Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett, Maury the Hormone Monster, Nick Kroll, imdb.com

“I had a beautiful dream I was dancing with a tree. —Sandra Cisneros Some things on this earth are unspeakable: Genealogy of the broken— A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre, Or the smell of coffee and no one there— Some humans say trees are not sentient beings, But they do not understand poe…”

— Joy Harjo, apmpodcasts.org

“How wide the sidewalks were! You stood in the middle of ours. Definite and debonair. Mama with a big black Patent leather handbag. Strap Draped over her arm. Chic. Loose coat holding no baby inside. Madaddy suited, slanted wide brim hat. At attention As if he were seeing Paris After the war. All smi…”

— Angela Jackson, apmpodcasts.org

“Tim: [after climbing down the tree to escape the falling car] I hate trees! Lex: They don't bother me. Tim: Oh. yeah? Well, you weren't in the last one!”

— Michael Crichton, David Koepp, Tim Murphy, Joseph Mazzello, imdb.com

“There’s still some snap in these old vines.”

— Carl Binder, Grandmother Willow (voice), Linda Hunt, imdb.com

“Don’t be frightened young man. My bark is worse than my bite.”

— Carl Binder, Grandmother Willow (voice), Linda Hunt, imdb.com

“Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”

— Ronald Reagan, theguardian.com

“Please...I have no time for your tears. Why don't you go back outside and talk to trees or whatever it is you do?”

— Rob Renzetti, Dexter, Christine Cavanaugh, imdb.com

“Dr. Shaun Murphy: I like trees. Lea: Yeah? What else do you like? Besides reading medical journals and watching reruns of old cop shows. Dr. Shaun Murphy: I like you.”

— William L. Rotko, Lloyd Gilyard, Jr., Thomas L. Moran, Dr. Shaun Murphy, Freddie Highmore, imdb.com

“Our country reeks of trees. Our Yaks are really large. And they smell like rotting beef carcasses. And we have to clean up after them. And our saddle sores are the best. We proudly wear women's clothing and searing sand blows up our skirts. And the buzzards they fly overhead. And poisonous snakes wi…”

— Vincent Waller, Richard Pursel, John Kricfalusi, Stimpson J. "Stimpy" Cat (voice), Billy West, imdb.com

“Trees are the lungs of the world, you know.”

— David Michod, Jonathan Lisco, Billy's Girlfriend, imdb.com

“You guys, are the fucking worst! Your gods are a lie! Fuck you, fuck nature and fuck trees!”

— Dan Guterman, Dan Harmon, Morty Smith (voice), Justin Roiland, imdb.com

“It has been said that trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment rooted in the ground. But they never seem so to me. I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. They go wandering forth in…”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed—chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones. Few that fell trees plant them; nor would planting avail much tow…”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish.”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others.”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.”

— John Muir, amazon.com

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

— Chinese Proverb, amazon.com

“There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.”

— Robert Krulwich, phenomena.nationalgeographic.com