Madrona Tree Quotes & Sayings

The one, they reasoned, must have already existed in the other; for since everything that comes into being must arise either from what is or from what is not, and it is impossible for it to arise from what is not (on this point all the physicists agree), (35) they thought that the truth of the alternative necessarily followed, namely that things come into being out of existent things, i. e. out of things already present, but imperceptible to our senses because of the smallness of their bulk. — Aristotle.

Why must we hide,
Behind walls built high?
N' blame our lives,
On him, her, I? — Kari L. Greenaway

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. — Hakeem Olajuwon

O heresy in fair, fit for these days,
A giving hand, though foul, shall have fair praise. — William Shakespeare

Each country can absorb only a limited number of Jews, if she doesn't want disorders in her stomach. Germany already has too many Jews — Chaim Weizmann

A seminary professor I once knew told his students, Never preach about hell without tears in your eyes. — Billy Graham

Hey, little kiddie king.. You're having a parade with your servants? — Peach-Pit

If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast. — Amber Valletta

I would have liked to experience more of the heptapods' worldview, to feel the way they feel. Then, perhaps I could immerse myself fully in the necessity of events, as the must, instead of merely wading in its surf for the rest of my life. — Ted Chiang

Exactly!' The pandit beamed again. 'So think about the colour of that leaf from the perspective of the leaf itself, the colours it absorbs and the one it rejects. Is its colour green? Or is it every single colour in the world except green? — Amish Tripathi

Bagpipes and electric guitars usually end in tears — David Mitchell

The world circles us with light. Yert during every moment of life we are entirely lit from within. - The Tattooed Monk — L.G. Bass

He brought the knife down. Helplessly, Nicholas watched it head for his chest, but before but before it got there, a hand flew out of nowhere to meet it. The knife passed through the hand like it was water, but the the hilt jammed into the palm, trapping it an inch before the knife point could pierce Nicholas's chest. Albert turned in confusion to see Simon standing there with the knife clear through his hand. He looked too amazed to feel the pain.
"Simon? But your useless," Albert said, shocked.
"I'm just as surprised as you are," Simon replied, — Scott Mebus

The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king. — Billy Wilder

As the campfire burned to an ashy bowl of red-hot embers, the boys would ramble on, piling up horror upon horror, like cordwood stacked under a blood-red-barked madrona tree. — Gregg Olsen

Heaven is won or lost on earth; the possession is there, but the preparation is here. — Richard Baxter