607 Quotes About Trees
- Author V J SMITH
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Too often, we are unaware of the risks associated with defective trees which can cause personal injury and property damage,-HOW TO INSPECT TREE AND RECOGNIZE HAZARDOUS TREE DEFECTS, Author, V J SMITH, BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOK
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- Author Chris D. Thomas
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Jens-Christian Svenning, a tall, crazy-golf-playing scientist from Aarhus University in Denmark, worked out that as many as thirty-one genera of trees that were native to Europe between 5.3 and 2.6 million years ago have since become extinct, whereas thirty-five have survived in the region. If you had taken a grand tour of Europe 3 million years ago, you would have encountered double the diversity of native trees.
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- Author Wangari Maathai
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When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and hope.
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- Author Richard Siken
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I looked at all the trees and didn't know what to do.
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- Author Verlyn Klinkenborg
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There's always an assumption of selflessness in planting a tree. You're supposed to think, while digging the hole, how far into the future the tree will grow and what shallow, unconvincing weeds we humans are in comparison. Standing by the young sprout, you're supposed to wonder who will see this tree when it's full-grown, and you're bound in duty to consider the serenity of your own grave.
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- Author Richard Powers
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Trees know when we are close by. The chemistry of their roots and the perfumes of their leaves pump out change when we're near...when you feel good after a walk in the woods, it may be that certain species are bribing you
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- Author Richard Powers
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What we care for, we will grow to resemble. And what we resemble will hold us, when we are us no longer.
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- Author Louise Glück
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thingsthat can't movelearn to see
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- Author Peter Wohlleben
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Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover
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