Green Quotes

When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it.

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

May you live to see the green grass growing over your grave.

Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of the recovery. Because those green dollars are the hardest working dollars in the history of American politics. That same dollar that is being used to cut energy bills, is also cutting global warming gas emissions, is also cutting unemployment, is also cutting poverty, through retrofits it's also raising the value of homes, is also by cleaning the air, cutting asthma rates.

I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.

I won't eat anything green.

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

At President Obama's direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy.

I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.

We have a Conservative leader that believes in green taxes, that won't bring back grammar schools, that believes in continuing with total open-door migration from eastern Europe and refuses to give us a referendum on the EU.

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

I have a very strict regimen of showing up at my desk at a certain hour with my cup of green tea. It is very quiet. I don't like having a lot of atmosphere around.

You'll know the green revolution has been won when the word 'green' disappears.

You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green.

You buy any book on color theory today, and it's just complete poppycock. Everybody comes out of school painting pink, purple and green. The whole damn cartoon industry has pink purple and green on their mind.

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

Eudora Welty's 'A Curtain of Green' had an enormous effect on me. But my early attempts to graft stories from the Deep South onto North of England provincialism were not successful. All were rejected.

I wanted to do the whole album in black and white, and it really killed me that when you see it in the light it's got green in it. I don't know what the hell that was about.

For those who have come here illegally, they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card, they will be treated like everybody else.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.

Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.

There is something magical about that green coat. I mean that sincerely. It's a very special week, and being able to wear that green jacket. It's made my whole career. It's special.

I said, 'Ooh, Dad, I want the yellow ones.' He said, 'Where?' I said, 'Right there, Dad. I want the yellow ones.' Everybody goes, 'Those are green'. That's how I knew I was colorblind.

Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent.

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.

We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development.