“[On women getting the vote:] The newspapers, poor dears, looked of course for something very spectacular. But then newspapers are always apt to be more interested in phenomena like meteors than in the slow growth of a mighty tree. Wait ten years, and the politicians will one day wake up and say, 'Look who's here!” YearsLooksCoursesWaitingGrowthPoorTreePoliticianOne DayTenVoteWake UpNewspapersSpectacularSuffrageMeteorsSlow Growth Author:Margaret Case Harriman
“The environmental agenda seems swept under the rug a lot, and environmentalists are looked at as tree-huggers who aren't dealing with the real issues when in fact someone needs to be keeping an eye on how we're treating the planet. When politicians bring up the environment, they're immediately labeled as being anti-business. But for the sake of the planet on which we live, we need to take the environment into account.” NeedsRealFactsSeemsEyeIssuesEnvironmentTreePlanetsPoliticianAccountsEnvironmentalSakeAgendasEnvironmentalist Author:Rachel Dratch
“And I tell you one thing, if the primates that we came from, had know that someday politicians would come out of the gene pool, they would have stayed up in the trees and written evolution off as a bad idea.” IfsKnowsIdeasWrittenOne ThingTreeEvolutionPoliticianSomedayPoolGenesBad IdeasPrimates Author:John Sheridan
“When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to present themselves.” MenIdeasEyeYoungTeacherDoorsTreeHairPoliticianWalkingAncientOpeningNo IdeaLatinHair Blowing Author:Dylan Moran
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” InspirationalGivingFirstsHumorMotivationalHoursLeadershipBusinessEducationFourTreePoliticianSixGive MeEducationalLawyerPlanningPreparationPresidentialTime ManagementSolidarityAxesPlannersLeadership And ManagementBusiness GrowthCommunicatorsChoppingSharpeningAbramPreparation And PlanningChopping Wood Author:Abraham Lincoln
“A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.” KindPoliticsCuttingTreePoliticianSpeechHypocrisyConservationHypocriteFake PeoplePlant A TreeRedwoodsStumpsHypocritBeing A Hypocrite Author:Adlai E. Stevenson