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Plants Quotes

Most Famous Plants Quotes of All Time!

These Life quotes claim trees and plants somehow start to resemble the people who live alongside them over time.

Fractal geometry is everywhere, even in lines drawn in the sand. It's the cycle of life... You see fractals in plants, in flowers. Within the human lung are branches within branches.

Quotes by Ron Eglash

I have always been fascinated by plants. I have always preferred plants to human beings. They give me an enormous amount of solace.

Quotes by Roddy Llewellyn

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.

Quotes by Robert W. Welch, Jr.

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of...

Quotes by Robert Fortune

Sometimes, as is the case of peach and plum trees, which are often dwarfed, the plants are thrown into a flowering states, and then, as they flower freely year after year, they have little inclination to make vigorous growth.

Quotes by Robert Fortune

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that,' they might make it.

Quotes by Richard M. DeVos

Primates need good nutrition, to begin with. Not only fruits and plants, but insects as well.

Quotes by Richard Leakey

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

Quotes by Richard DeVos

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.

Quotes by Red Auerbach

It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly.

Quotes by Ralph Merkle

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

Quotes by Peter Zumthor

We have a thousand hydrangea plants bordering the house, and they were all supposed to be pink, but a handful of them keep turning purple.

Quotes by Peter Marino

I remember being amazed that actors had a union. I thought only coal miners had unions, or guys that worked in automobile plants. That's an indication of how naive I was.

Quotes by Peter Falk

Water is commonly regarded as the 'solvent of life,' since our bodies are 70% water. All other vertebrates, invertebrates, microbes, and plants are also primarily water. The organization of water within biological compartments is fundamental to life, and the aquaporins...

Quotes by Peter Agre

I don't think that you can possibly embrace the kind of joy which one who has worked with plants and plant structures such as I have over a period of nearly 40 years, how wonderful the plant laboratory seems.

Quotes by Percy Julian

We'll lose more species of plants and animals between 2000 and 2065 than we've lost in the last 65 million years. If we don't find answers to these problems, we're gonna be victims of this extinction event that we're at...

Quotes by Paul Watson

I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native grasses, or five migratory birds within walking distance of their homes, or name the soil series upon which...

Quotes by Paul Hawken

I have played games like Angry Birds and, you know, Plants vs. Zombies and things like that just for fun on the phone and everything.

Quotes by Paul Dini

But the prospects of designing chemical plants for industrial scale chemical processes seemed far less interesting than the chemical events that occur in biological systems.

Quotes by Paul Berg

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Plants quotes page cover?
It ranges from a poetic observation that trees and plants come to resemble the people who live with them, to more technical references about industrial plants and power generation. The mix of the natural and the mechanical sense of 'plants' makes this a broader topic than it first appears.
Why do people search for plant quotes?
Gardeners and nature lovers often want reflective lines about growth and living things, while others may be researching industrial or historical uses of the word. Both audiences end up on the same page because of how flexible the term is.
Is there a quote here about the connection between people and nature?
Yes, one observes that trees and plants always seem to look like the people they live with, a quietly poetic idea about how our surroundings reflect us. Readers drawn to that theme might also enjoy the Gardening collections.
Does the collection mention industrial plants at all?
It does, with references to wartime industrial plants obtained under Lend-Lease and to power plants that rely on heat-cycle generation, covering everything from coal to nuclear fission. It's a reminder that 'plant' has a very different, more mechanical meaning outside of gardening.
How can plant quotes be used?
They fit captions for gardens, nature photography, or reflective writing about growth and environment. The Life and Food collections offer related angles if you want to expand beyond the literal plant imagery.

Others recall wartime plant imports authorized for postwar use, or describe writing and Gardening the same way, diving in without a tight plan and trusting instinct over a strict Food or garden blueprint.