Roger Swain quotes

“People in suburbia see trees differently than foresters do. They cherish every one. It is useless to speak of the probability that a certain tree will die when the tree is in someone's backyard . . . . You are talking about a personal asset, a friend, a monument, not about board feet of lumber.”
-- Roger Swain

Source : Roger B. Swain (1983). “Field days: journal of an itinerant biologist”, Macmillan Reference USA

#Talking Quotes #Feet Quotes #People Quotes

“Among gardeners, enthusiasm and experience rarely exist in equal measures. The beginner dreams of home-grown bouquets and baskets of ripe fruit, the veteran of many seasons has learned to expect slugs, mildew, and frost.”
-- Roger Swain

#Education Quotes #Dream Quotes #Home Quotes

“I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.”

“No one can stop me from talking about my movie.”

“You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.”

Source : Joe Vitale (2010). “The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

“What are you doing?" "I'm going to enjoy a long overdue make-out session with my girl. That's what I'm doing." I explained, stepping into the room and closing the door behind me with one shove of my foot.”

“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”

“When I'm in power, here's how I'm gonna put the country back on its feet. I'm going to put sterilizing agents in the following products: Sunny Delight, Mountain Dew, and Thick-Crust Pizza. Only the 'tardiest of the 'tards like the thick crust.”

“Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.”

Source : Samuel Smiles (2014). “Self-Help”, p.156, Cambridge University Press

“Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.”

“I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.”

“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”