Jacaranda Tree Quotes

#1. Einstein - the greatest Jew since Jesus. I have no doubt that Einstein's name will still be remembered and revered when Lloyd George, Foch and William Hohenzollern share with Charlie Chaplin that ineluctable oblivion which awaits the uncreative mind.

John B. S. Haldane

#2. We should teach our children nothing which they shall ever need to unlearn; we should strive to transmit to them the best possessions, the truest thought, the noblest sentiments of the age in which we live.

Felix Adler

#3. A real encounter with the living God changes everything. First, it magnifies the Lord, and then it puts me and my ego and my sin and my burdens all in their rightful place.

James MacDonald

#4. I don't believe in adhering to any rules I don't support and I didn't vote for. To hell with what people think. Just be who you are and you'll be happy.

Willie Nelson

#5. For people with autism, living itself is a battle.

Naoki Higashida

#6. Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

Laurence J. Peter

#7. Leaders motivate people to understand that they can do better than they've already done and go farther than they've reached.

Israelmore Ayivor

#8. Each flitch, each board, each plank can have only one ideal use. The woodworker, applying a thousand skills, must find that ideal use and then shape the wood to realize its true potential.

George Nakashima

#9. He reached out and laid a hand against Quick Ben's brow, then grunted. 'He's on his way back. It's protective sorcery that's keeping him asleep.' 'Can you speed things up?' 'Sure.' The healer slapped the wizard. 'Quick Ben's eyes snapped open.

Steven Erikson

#10. The jacaranda in the courtyard has put on its bloom. This purple can't be ignored, it's like a tree singing. The walk down Londres Street to the market is a concert: the small jacaranda on the the corner hums the tuning note, then all others in the lane join in.

Barbara Kingsolver

#11. I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.

Moon Unit Zappa

#12. Life's a crapshoot, Sam. At least you filled the cheap seats.

Robert Bruce Cormack

#13. Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria.

Catherine Helen Spence

#14. The only trust required is to know that when there is one ending there will be another beginning.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

#15. Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.

George Best