“[To prepare for the fall bloom, Bell suggests pruning out spindly stems now.] Take out the stuff that's smaller than the diameter of a pencil, ... We want big beautiful blooms that reach for the sun, not look at the ground. The spindly stuff isn't going to be holding up blooms.”
Larry Bell
“The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood.”
Maya Angelou
“Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results.”
Caskie Stinnett
“So much has religion done for me; turning the original materials to the best account; pruning and training nature. But she could not eradicate nature: nor will it be eradicated 'till this mortal shall put on immortality.”
Charlotte Bronte
“Better to be pruned to grow than cut up to burn.”
John Trapp
“I'm not a bit changed--not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real ME--back here--is just the same.”
Lucy Maud Montgomery
“Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.”
Thomas J. Peters
