#branch

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find. ↗

— James Stephens

#carelessly #find #her #man #singing

In comedy, you have to be unafraid to hang from the tree branch naked in the high wind and you have to be absolutely unafraid to look ridiculous and silly. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#branch #comedy #hang #high #look

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#children #grow #grow up #i #i write

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. ↗

— James Madison

#charter #constitutional #derived #fountain #government

What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? ↗

— James Madison

#before #branch #commerce #executed #fortunes

Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#branches #cracking #existence #me #sterile

Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics. ↗

— Maimonides

#branches #consequently #first #human #lastly

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry. ↗

— David Mamet

#branches #citizenry #failed #government #mass

Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#color #each #physics #pitch #think

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

— Henri Matisse

#branches #grow #instinct #just #must