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Woods Quotes - Page 6

The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.

'From Greenland's icy mountains' (1821 hymn). Heber later altered 'Ceylon's isle' to 'Java's isle'.

I do have a side of me that would just love to be stuck in the woods and have to stick it out and be really resourceful.

"Rachel McAdams Is an Open Book". Marie Claire Interview, www.marieclaire.com. April 8, 2009.

One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.

John Muir (2015). “JOHN MUIR Ultimate Collection: Travel Memoirs, Wilderness Essays, Environmental Studies & Letters (Illustrated): Picturesque California, The Treasures of the Yosemite, Our National Parks, Steep Trails, Travels in Alaska, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf, Save the Redwoods, The Cruise of the Corwin and more”, p.437, e-artnow

The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1990). “Canterbury Tales”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

To be human is to be lost in the woods.

Elizabeth Lesser (2010). “Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow”, p.19, Random House

So Orpheus did for his owne bride, So I unto my selfe alone will sing, The woods shall to me answer and my Eccho ring.

Edmund Spenser (1840). “The Works of Edmund Spenser: With Observations on His Life and Writings”, p.420

Sometimes people leave you Halfway through the wood Others may decieve you You decide what's good You decide alone But no one is alone

Stephen Sondheim, Hudson Talbott, James Lapine (2002). “Into the Woods”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

The movie "Ed Wood," about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for "Stargate."

Roger Ebert's review of "Stargate", www.rogerebert.com. October 28, 1994.

We all know that any thing which retards in any way the free circulation of the sap, also prevents to a certain extent the formation of wood and leaves.

Robert Fortune (1847). “Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc”, p.85