Quotes having the keyword Pine
These mountains appear to be almost entirely composed of stratas of rock of various colours (mostly red) and are partially covered with a dwarfish growth of pine and cedar, which are the only species of timber to be seen.
by William Henry Ashley (Businessman, American , born in 1778) keywords: almost, appear, cedar, colours, composed, covered, dwarfish, entirely, growth, mostly, mountains, only, partially, pine, red, rock, seen, species, these, timber, various , which Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.
by Bert Campaneris (Athlete, Cuban , born in 1942) keywords: bat, billy, brett, fighting, game, george, hit, home, knew, much, next, pine, run, saw, tar, thing, too, umpire, went, were, where , yes Creede is built of new pine boards and lies between two immense mountains covered with pines and snow.
by Richard H. Daviskeywords: between, boards, built, covered, immense, lies, mountains, new, pine, snow , two Momo listened to everyone and everything - even to the rain and the wind and the pine trees - and all of them spoke to her after their own fashion.
by Michael Ende (Writer, German , born in 1929) keywords: after, even, everyone, everything, fashion, her, listened, own, pine, rain, spoke, their, them, trees , wind A small species of pinus was much prized, and, when dwarfed in the manner of the Chinese, fetched a very high price; it is generally grafted on a variety of the stone pine.
by Robert Fortune (Scientist, Scottish , born in 1813) keywords: chinese, dwarfed, generally, grafted, high, manner, much, pine, price, prized, small, species, stone, variety , very I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.
by Hamlin Garland (Novelist, American , born in 1860) topics: Nature keywords: breath, cedar, dawns, fragrant, hundred, lakes, lovely, pine, recall, remember, silk, strung, sunsets, thread, trail, trees , upon The road passed through a curtain of pine forest and came out on a flat, rolling snow field. In this field the sprawled or bunched bodies of Germans lay thick, like some dark shapeless vegetable.
by Martha Gellhorn (Journalist, American , born in 1908) keywords: bodies, came, curtain, dark, field, flat, forest, germans, lay, out, passed, pine, road, rolling, snow, some, thick, through , vegetable The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
by Horace (Poet , Roman) keywords: crash, fall, heavier, high, highest, lightning, lofty, mountain, pine, shaken, strikes, towers , winds To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
by Helen Keller (Author, American , born in 1970) topics: Nature keywords: carpet, grass, lush, luxurious, more, most, needles, persian, pine, rug, than , welcome Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
by Ho Chi Minh (Revolutionary, Vietnamese , born in 1890) keywords: good, opportunity, pine, remember, show, stability, storm, strength , their I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it.
by Vladimir Nabokov (Novelist, American , born in 1899) keywords: abruptly, after, artificial, away, bestowed, characters, had, item, noticed, novels, often, past, pine, placed, some, treasured, where, world , would My wife and I just prefer Seattle. It's a beautiful city. Great setting. You open your front door in the morning and the air smells like pine and the sea, as opposed to bus exhaust.
by Ron Reagan (Journalist, American , born in 1958) keywords: air, beautiful, bus, city, door, exhaust, front, great, just, morning, open, opposed, pine, prefer, sea, seattle, setting, smells, wife , your We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Poet, English , born in 1792) keywords: after, before, fraught, laughter, look, our, pain, pine, saddest, sincerest, some, songs, sweetest, tell, those , thought Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
by Henry David Thoreau (Author, American , born in 1817) topics: Nature keywords: alive, aright, better, creature, dead, destroy, every, life, men, moose, pine, preserve, rather, than, trees, understands , will
