Understory Trees Quotes & Sayings

A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home. — Ross Kemp

Agnosticism simply means that a man shall not say that he knows or believes that for which he has no grounds for professing to believe. — Thomas Huxley

One of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good. — Eva Ibbotson

Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. Where would all the fun go? — Pico Iyer

These woods are second or third growth and sadly lost their leeks long ago. It turns out that when forests around here grow back after agricultural clearing, the trees come back readily but the understory plants do not. — Robin Wall Kimmerer

I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to reinvent yourself — Ralph Lauren

Once I had thought chiefly of the man of letters, the traveler, the poet, the lover; none of that had faded, to be sure, but now for the first time I could see among all those figures, standing out with great clarity of line, the most official and yet the most hidden form of all, that of the emperor. The fact of having lived in a world which is toppling around us had taught me the importance of the Prince. — Marguerite Yourcenar

The pressure to be thin, which causes guilt and obsessiveness around food, is terrible and starts so early. For me, it started at sixteen when I left home and gained weight for the first time and was told by a slightly older boy, out of the blue, that I was "too plump." The shock of that lasted a good long time. — Kate Christensen

I haven't made art about Israel. There's a covert subtext of Jewish identity in my artwork. — Jill Soloway

Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands. — Andy Andrews