„How the fuck you feed a tree?…What…you put a ham sandwich on the tree?“

— Ozzy Osbourne

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„A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?“
— Ronald Reagan
„You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.“
— Malcolm X
„You cannot plant greatness as you plant yams or maize. Who ever planted an iroko tree — the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.“
— Chinua Achebe
„I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.“
— Pablo Neruda
„One day, during one of their sessions, Gurdjieff tells Peters to look out the window and describe what he sees. 'An oak tree' the child answers. 'And what do you see on the oak tree?' 'Acorns' Peters replies. 'How many of these acorns do you suppose will become trees?' Fritz Peters is stumped, [-] 'Maybe five or six?''No' retorts Gurdjieff. 'Only one will become a tree, perhaps, none! Nature is always very giving, but it only gives possibility. It takes hard work and great effort to become a tree or a genuine man.“
— Henry Miller
„Directly the mulberry tree begins to make you circle, break off. Pelt the tree with laughter.“
— Virginia Woolf
„Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me:There lie they, and here lie weUnder the spreading chestnut tree.“
— George Orwell
„All religions are branches of one big tree. It doesn't matter what you call Him just as long as you call.“
— George Harrison