#tree

Henceforth the leaves of the tree of knowledge were for women, and for the healing of the nations. ↗

— Lucy Stone

#henceforth #knowledge #leaves #nations #tree

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#animal #anymore #been #cross #dare

There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#businesses #children #did #jobs #streets

If I had my own Neverland it would probably be the coolest place in the world. You could do anything you want there. There would be trees everywhere. ↗

— Jeremy Sumpter

#coolest #could #everywhere #had #i

Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street. ↗

— John Sununu

#afghanistan #art #art form #back #bad

I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it? ↗

— David Suzuki

#always #am #away #been #blown

When he's late for dinner, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it's the street. ↗

— Jessica Tandy

#always #dead #dinner #either #having

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

— Janet Erskine Stuart

#like #mushroom #must #tree #you

It was supposed to be in the second street project for Main Street. But who knows? Maybe it will be built one of these days. We never throw away any idea. ↗

— John Hench

#away #built #days #idea #knows

I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#i #i think #monarchy #much #press