Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.
- Ralph Waldo EmersonAromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush`d or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.
- Oliver GoldsmithA practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them
- Carolus LinnaeusNatural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.
- Francis Bacon, Sr.A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes
- James Russell LowellWithout the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north.
- Michael PollanThere are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well-- but I`d compare it to when you go to someone`s house for dinner. If there is a flower arrangement that is fake, it makes me think differently of that person.
- Shane Pliska