Plant Quotes

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms.

That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.

The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love.

We're not that far from being able to plant images, memories, and emotional states directly into the brain.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, while the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.

Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank for the ressurection of our Nation: Adolf Hitler, the patron of German labour and German art.

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

Growing up I used to love bands like Free and ELO and the Rolling Stones. When Robert Plant got in touch it made perfect sense to me.

You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job.

You have to get up and plant the seed and see if it grows, but you can't just wait around, you have to water it and take care of it.

Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful.

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.

When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.

Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it.

Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because he was a poet and therefore, they felt, he couldn't be serious.

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

I'm the kind of guy who can't keep a plant alive for a week, let alone a relationship.