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Wood Quotes

From pruning trees to touching wood for luck, quotes on this natural material.

These wood quotes range from practical gardening advice to superstitious phrases like 'touch wood,' along with a nod to wood's role in global resource use. For more on facing hardship, see our Battle collection.

I am obsessed with the painter Jonas Wood, but I don't think I'll ever be able to afford one of his paintings. He's an L.A.-based painter; his stuff is incredible.

Quotes by Abbi Jacobson

Beating cancer is personal battle. It was one of the toughest opponents I have faced so far, and I think I did reasonably well. Touch wood.

Quotes by Yuvraj Singh

The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use of energy and raw materials, meat, wood, etc. Simply put, an infinitesimal...

Quotes by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

We continued to move forward without loss of time, hoping to be able to reach the wood described by the Indians before all our horses should become exhausted.

Quotes by William Henry Ashley

Able Quotes

You must prune dead or dying wood.

Quotes by Warren Giles

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

Quotes by Walter Johnson

Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened...

Quotes by Vic Morrow

I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.

Quotes by Vera Farmiga

Everybody's seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall.

Quotes by Tom Scholz

Battle Quotes

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew.

Quotes by Tim Conway

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal.

Quotes by Thomas Bulfinch

The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.

Quotes by Taye Diggs

A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

Quotes by Suzi Quatro

I'd like to form a club just for fathers. Specifically, fathers of daughters. There would be lots of overstuffed leather chairs, wood paneling, dim lights. The works.

Quotes by Steve Schirripa

Like Quotes

Fossil fuels powered the U.S. into the industrial age and replaced windmills and wood burning, which were inefficient, as the primary sources of electricity.

Quotes by Stephen Moore

The violin is basically made of a wood box and four main strings.

Quotes by Sirena Huang

I'd love to be a joiner or a wood turner.

Quotes by Sandi Toksvig

It all comes down to the density of the wood. Every guitar's different.

Quotes by Robin Trower

Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Love Quotes

Trying to understand superstition rationally is like trying to pick up something made of wood by using a magnet.

Quotes by Philip Pullman

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the connection between all these wood quotes?
They use 'wood' in different ways: literal advice about trees, the superstitious phrase 'touch wood,' and even wood as a raw material tied to environmental concerns.
Is there a quote about gardening or trees?
Yes, one simply advises pruning away dead or dying wood, a practical tip that also works as a metaphor for cutting away what no longer serves you.
What does 'touch wood' mean in one of these quotes?
It's a superstitious phrase used for luck, appearing here in the context of someone reflecting on overcoming a serious personal challenge.
Do any quotes talk about wood as a resource?
One highlights how a small share of humanity accounts for a large share of resource use, including wood, energy, and raw materials.
What other pages pair well with wood quotes?
Try Battle quotes for more on resilience and struggle, or Able quotes for themes of capability.

A couple of lines also connect wood to bigger environmental questions about resource consumption. Pair this page with Love quotes for warmth of a different kind, or Able quotes for more on capability and effort.