(19 quotes found)
“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
“Better to be pruned to grow than cut up to burn.”
John Trapp
“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
“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
“Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every year near the house.”
Ernie Allen
“No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.”
Margot Asquith
“If you can't see through your plant somewhat, then you haven't done enough pruning.”
Tommy Futral
“Everything seems to be on schedule. We've started the demolition, the pruning and removal of diseased trees, and the contractor is starting the underground utilities and walkway layout.”
John Woods
