Woods Quotes - Page 21

• It is darker in the woods, even in common nights, than most suppose.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Night, Forests, Common

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Walden; Or, Life in the Woods”, p.110, Courier Corporation

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• It is a surprising and memorable, as well as valuable experience, to be lost in the woods any time.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Memorable, Forests, Lost

  Henry David Thoreau (2012). “Walden; Or, Life in the Woods”, p.111, Courier Corporation

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• To preserve wild animals implies generally the creation of a forest for them to dwell in or resort to. So it is with man. A hundred years ago they sold bark in our streets peeled from our own woods. In the very aspect of those primitive and rugged trees there was, methinks, a tanning principle which hardened and consolidated the fibres of men's thoughts. Ah! already I shudder for these comparatively degenerate days of my native village, when you cannot collect a load of bark of good thickness, and we no longer produce tar and turpentine.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Animal, Men, Years

  Henry David Thoreau (1993). “Civil Disobedience, and Other Essays”, p.63, Courier Corporation

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• The most domestic cat, which has lain on a rug all her days, appears quite at home in the woods, and, by her sly and stealthy behavior, proves herself more native there than the regular inhabitants.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Home, Cat, Wilderness

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.141, Graphic Arts Books

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• See yonder thin column of smoke curling up through the woods from some invisible farmhouse, the standard raised over some rural homestead.... It is a hieroglyphic of man's life, and suggests more intimate and important things than the boiling of a pot. Where its fine column rises above the forest, like an ensign, some human life has planted itself,--and such is the beginning of Rome, the establishment of the arts, and the foundation of empires, whether on the prairies of America or the steppes of Asia.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Art, Men, America

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• Within the memory of many of my townsmen the road near which my house stands resounded with the laugh and gossip of inhabitants, and the woods which border it were notched and dotted here and there with their little gardens and dwellings, though it was then much more shut in by the forest than now.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Memories, Garden, Dwelling

  Henry David Thoreau (2000). “Walden and Other Writings: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.249, Modern Library

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• All the same, the fundamental truths which govern that art are still unchangeable; just as the principles of mechanics must always govern architecture, whether the building be made of wood, stone, iron or concrete; just as the principles of harmony govern music of whatever kind. It is still necessary, then, to establish the principles of war.

  Ferdinand Foch

  Art, War, Iron

  "The Principles of War". Book by Ferdinand Foch, 1918.

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• I am for the woods against the world, But are the woods for me?

  Edmund Blunden

  World

  'The Kiss' (1931)

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• I settled at Cold Mountain long ago Already it seems like ages Wandering free I roam the woods and streams Lingering to watch things be themselves Men don't come this far into the mountains Where white clouds gather and billow Dry grass makes a comfortable mattress The blue sky is a fine quilt Happy to pillow my head on the rock I leave heaven and earth to endless change

  Hanshan

  Quilts, Men, Rocks

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• Time, which shows so vacant, indivisible, and divine in its coming, is slit and peddled into trifles and tatters. A door is to bepainted, a lock to be repaired. I want wood, or oil, or meal, or salt; the house smokes, or I have a headache; then the tax; and an affair to be transacted with a man without heart or brains; and the stinging recollection of an injurious or very awkward word,--these eat up the hours.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Time, Heart, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.63, Courier Corporation

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• You can make lots of mistakes, but if you give children avenues for creativity and joy, they will have resources to carry them through. For example, if cooking together, reading, listening to music, coloring, participating in sports, or taking a walk in the woods are paired with pleasure and closeness, throughout life doing these things will kindle old feelings of happiness an/or comfort.

  Charlotte Sophia Kasl

  Sports, Children, Mistake

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• Knock on wood is a saying for good luck. I think that started when someone went to someone's door to see if someone was home. "I hope Joe's home, knock on wood!"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Home, Humor

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• When we were on acid, we would go into the woods, because there was less chance that you would run into an authority figure. But we ran into a bear. My friend Duane was there, raising his right hand, swearing to help prevent forest fires. He told me, "Mitchell, Smokey is way more intense in person!"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Running, Humor

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• If you find yourself lost in the woods, build a house. "Well, I was lost, but now I live here!"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, House

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• [Referring to the birds:] Nat listened to the tearing sound of splintering wood, and wondered how many million years of memory were stored in those little brains, behind the stabbing beaks, the piercing eyes, now giving them this instinct to destroy mankind with all the deft precision of machines.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Memories, Eye, Animal

  James A. Michener, Alan C. Collins, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Daphne du Maurier, Sixta, A.J. Cronin, Captain J. Y. Cousteau with Frederic Dumas (1953). “THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI, THE STORY OF AVIATION, THE SWIMMING POOL, KISS ME AGAIn, STRANGER, RIVETS, ADVENTURES IN TWO WORLDS, THE SILENT WORLD, SHORT STORIES OF DE MAUPASSANT”

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• I am Zebedee, lord of the woods! Bow down snail, I have dominion!

  Bill Bailey

  Funny, Humor, Dominion

  "Bill Bailey: Bewilderness". Documentary, Comedy, 2001.

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• One of my favorite clothing patterns is camouflage. Because when you're in the woods it makes you blend in. But when you're not it does just the opposite. It's like, 'Hey, there's an asshole.'

  Demetri Martin

  Funny, Humor, Opposites

  TV Series "Comedy Central Presents" ("Demetri Martin", 2004), www.imdb.com. (1998–).

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• I'll never forget, Christine Woods came up to me on set and she looked at me so seriously and held my hand, and she's like, "Kether, look at me. In real life, we are beautiful, beautiful women. No one thinks we're fat. In TV, we are TV fat and we just have to get used to it. Don't ever take it personally. We're TV fat. End of story".

  Kether Donohue

  Beautiful, Real, Thinking

  "‘You’re the Worst’ co-star Kether Donohue on the joys of being ‘TV fat’". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. September 16, 2015.

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• I spent my days on the riverbanks, in the woods, in the fields, shooting, hunting and stalking. I unravelled everything within my life. Self discovery is most important to me.

  Marco Pierre White

  Hunting, Discovery, Self

  "Interrogation: Marco Pierre White". www.mirror.co.uk. March 16, 2008.

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• It is much easier for me to define what makes a novel French or Russian, but defining the characteristics of an Australian novel are difficult for me as it is all too close - I can't see the woods for the trees.

  Robert Dessaix

  Tree, Defining, Easier

  Source: www.compulsivereader.com

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• My parents would tell us to go outside and play or to do creative stuff, but television was very limited. So we used our own creativity to entertain ourselves. We were out in the woods a lot making huts and playing horses.

  Jan Brett

  Horse, Creativity, Play

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system.

  Ken Yeang

  Running, Long, Fuel

  Source: www.cnn.com

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• I grew up in a village of about 800 people surrounded by lakes and woods, and I think it's made a definite impact on me.

  Drew Hayden Taylor

  Thinking, Lakes, Impact

  Source: www.yabookshelf.com

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• I want to build a treehouse village connected by bridges in the woods by my house so my friends have a place to stay.

  Jason Reeves

  Bridges, House, Village

  Source: itcouldbemainstream.blogspot.com

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• I work with wood a lot. I like building. I think of building. I would love to buy land on some water somewhere and build a house. That'd be nice.

  Ethan Canin

  Nice, Thinking, Land

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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