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Weed Quotes

What grows back no matter what.

This page collects weed quotes that use the plant mostly as a metaphor rather than a literal garden problem, describing something persistent, renewing, and hard to stop. Readers who enjoy resilience themes may also like the Bamboo quotes page.

Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.

Quotes by Adela Florence Nicolson

Be honest, be nice, be a flower not a weed.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

A fresh and vigorous weed, always renewed and renewing, it will cut its wondrous way through rubbish and rubble.

Quotes by William Jay Smith

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.

Quotes by William Howard Taft

Always Quotes

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

Quotes by William Cowper

Bamboo is not a weed, it's a flowering plant. Bamboo is a magnificent plant.

Quotes by Steve Lacy

To me, there is spirit in a reed. It's a living thing, a weed, really, and it does contain spirit of a sort. It's really an ancient vibration.

Quotes by Steve Lacy

My partner and I weed through our bookshelves and throw stuff out regularly.

Quotes by Stephen McCauley

Violence is like a weed - it does not die even in the greatest drought.

Quotes by Simon Wiesenthal

America Quotes

I grew like a weed, though mostly from side to side.

Quotes by Patrik Baboumian

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

Science grows like a weed every year.

Quotes by Kary Mullis

I don't have a gardener, because I enjoy pulling weeds. It's hard to explain, but there is something fulfilling about pulling out a weed and knowing that you got all the roots.

Quotes by Justin Hartley

Photography used to be not for the faint of heart. Its rigors would weed out the not-so-committed pretty quickly. You had to crank the f-stop ring yourself!

Quotes by Joe McNally

Bamboo Quotes

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.

Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.

Quotes by Harriet Tubman

A weed is but an unloved flower.

Quotes by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Quotes by Edmund Burke

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.

Quotes by Dogen

Be Nice Quotes

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

Quotes by David McCullough

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the main theme running through these weed quotes?
Most quotes here use the weed as a metaphor for something that keeps growing back despite obstacles, whether that is an idea, a field of science, or a movement that will not be stopped.
Why would someone search for weed quotes about growth rather than the plant itself?
People often look for weed quotes as a way to describe stubborn persistence or resilience, since a weed is a familiar image for something that survives neglect and keeps spreading.
Do any quotes use weed in a negative sense?
Yes, one quote describes a harmful attitude, prejudice, as a "noxious weed" that should be cut out, using the same growth imagery to argue for removing something destructive.
Is science described as a weed in a positive or critical way?
It's used positively, comparing the rapid, recurring growth of scientific knowledge each year to how a weed spreads, suggesting steady, hard-to-stop progress rather than criticism.
Are there quotes connecting weeds to wisdom or knowledge?
One quote suggests that those guided by truth and wisdom can find value even in a weed, turning something ordinary into something worthwhile. See Be Nice for more on quotes with a similar generous outlook.

A few quotes flip the metaphor to describe harmful attitudes, like prejudice, as a weed that should be removed rather than allowed to spread. For more on steady, recurring ideas, see the Always and America quote pages.