“I mean 'One Tree Hill' had some rabid fans - you'd be surprised - they're almost in a class of their own.” MeanClassTreeFansHillsTree HillOne Tree Hill Opening Author:Joe Manganiello
“There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?” IfsKnowsMeanTreeNewsCatCnnPiers Author:Noel Gallagher
“That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of grass.” MeanInterestTreeGrassBranchesRoofLeafsBladesBlades Of GrassTilesCalligraphy Author:Joan Miro
“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man” MenShouldFirstsMeanMomentsFormSpiritNextForeverPiecesTreeStyleDesignObjectsProduceUniversalFunctionUnionsMeetingsEdgesWoodsRelateAppealsEvolveBoardsInvitesGrainFurnitureLive ForeverReceptiveDiscardedTransitoryCraftsmanSuccess Or FailureTree Of LifeArtisansWoodworking Author:George Nakashima
“It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But deeper into each and every piece, you no longer hesitate to call it work. It's passion. A poet's sense of lyrical accomplishment is then his food and water, his means of survival.” IfsWritingMeanPassionFunWaterPiecesTreePoetSurvivalDeeperAccomplishmentWorking ItClimbingPuzzlesLyrical Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Los Angeles, the sun shines a lot, and it's blue, and there's palm trees; it's a bit like Sydney, I guess, but the underbelly is a vicious, mean, cruel, awful place.” MeanBitsSunTreeBlueShiningAwfulLos AngelesPalmsViciousSydneySun ShinesPalm Trees Author:Loudon Wainwright III
“When I was very little, say five or six, I became aware of the fact that people wrote books. Before that, I thought that God wrote books. I thought a book was a manifestation of nature, like a tree. When my mother explained it, I kept after her: What are you saying? What do you mean? I couldn't believe it. It was astonishing. It was like--here's the man who makes all the trees. Then I wanted to be a writer, because, I suppose, it seemed the closest thing to being God.” PeopleMenBelieveMeanLittlesBookFactsWantedMotherFiveTreeHe ManSixManifestationClosestAstonishing Author:Fran Lebowitz
“To make a start, out of particulars and make them general, rolling up the sum, by defective means Sniffing the trees, just another dog among a lot of dogs.What else is there? And to do?” MeanTreeDogRollingDefectiveSniffingRolling Up Author:William Carlos Williams
“When I write "paradise" I mean not only apple trees and golden women but also scorpions and tarantulas and flies, rattlesnakes and Gila monsters, sandstorms, volcanoes and earthquakes, bacteria and bear, cactus, yucca, bladderweed, ocotillo and mesquite, flash floods and quicksand, and yes - disease and death and the rotting of flesh.” WritingMeanTreeBearsDiseaseFleshMonstersGoldenParadiseApplesFlashFloodEarthquakesVolcanoesRottingBacteriaCactusQuicksandApple TreesScorpionsRattlesnakesDisease And DeathTarantulasSandstormsFlash Floods Author:Edward Abbey