Solitary Tree Quotes

#1. We'll shake, we'll shake the tree of dreams,
That solitary tree of dreams
In the centre of the verdant field.

Shusaku Endo

#2. This solitary Tree! a living thing Produced too slowly ever to decay; Of form and aspect too magnificent To be destroyed.

William Wordsworth

#3. I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces.

Charlie Cox

#4. If you have time to lean, you have time to clean ...

Ray Kroc

#5. I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

Eric Idle

#6. Some cultural phenomena bear a striking resemblance to the cells of cell biology, actively preserving themselves in their social environments, finding the nutrients they need and fending off the causes of their dissolution.

Daniel Dennett

#7. War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare.

Theodore Roosevelt

#8. I think it makes a difference when the actors are enjoying it more than anything because we have a real blast on 'Torchwood.'

Burn Gorman

#9. If asked my opinion about virginity, I would say, "I'm opposed to it." I don't think it deserves to be celebrated, at any rate. Or at least, if I'm not opposed, I'm very highly skeptical and critical of it.

Christopher Hitchens

#10. The majority of the senior class of Vassar does not desire my company and I must confess, having read specimens of their thought and sentiments, that I do not desire the company of the majority of the senior class of Vassar.

William F. Buckley Jr.

#11. THEO: You should walk a fucking mile before you judge a situation. You should put yourself in someone else's shoes before you blame, or judge, or pity. It takes a long time to wear down someone's confidence, and it takes much more strength of will to walk away than it does to take another punch.

Con Riley

#12. Aside from marrying my husband and having my children, hiking the PCT was the best thing I ever did. The hike very literally forced me to put one foot in front of the other at a time when emotionally I didn't think I could do that.

Cheryl Strayed

#13. Increase your vision of achievement simply by raising your goals ...

Stephen Richards

#14. Make no mistake: we will win, and groups like ISIL will lose.

Francois Hollande

#15. The mongoose I want under the stairs when the snakes slither by.

Hannibal

#16. I wish I was what I have been
And what I was could be
As when I roved in shadows green
And loved my willow tree
To gaze upon the starry sky
And higher fancies build
And make in solitary joy
Loves temple in the field

John Clare

#17. We've made hyper motherhood a measure of female success.

Anna Quindlen

#18. No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.

Thomas Merton