“They absorb carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. What could be more desirable? And they look good in the bargain. Stop chopping down the rain forests and plant more saplings, and we're on our way.” WayGivingLooksRainPlantForestsCarbonDesirableOxygenBargainsCarbon DioxideChoppingSaplings Author:Isaac Asimov
“Don’t worry about being able to identify each of these plants (in your designs for clients). The world is full of botanists and horticulturists. All you have to do is design. You don’t have to be a botanist; you don’t have to be a bulldozer driver; you don’t have to be a fence builder; you don’t have to be an architect. What the designer has to do is look at the relationships.” WorldLooksAbleWorryDesignPlantDesignerDriversArchitectClientsFenceBuilderBulldozers Author:Bill Mollison
“Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in their station. Pray, shall not a man act like a man?” MenLooksPrayingBirdPlantBusyLook UpStationsBeesSpidersAnts Book:The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
“When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.” ThinkingWorldLooksNaturalExampleObjectsPlantDumbComplexityQuantumMechanicNatural WorldQuantum MechanicsSmartphonesPhotosynthesis Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“I think the hard thing about this job [stand-up] I mean, I think this part is great but that the traveling is y'know, 'cause 'cause I'm gone a lot from home and this time I'm out for three-and-a-half weeks without going home, and that's hard, to be gone three-and-a-half weeks 'cause then I have to ask my friends, "Would you mind going to the house and watering the plants, and turn some lights on and make it look like somebody's home, and make sure that the mobile over the crib isn't tangled or the baby's gonna get bored.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksMeanHardHomeLightJobsTurnsThreeAsksHouseCausesHalfGoneWeekBabyMy FriendsPlantBoredMobileHard ThingsTangledGoing Home Author:Ellen DeGeneres