Runaway Tree

By ancestry, I was born to rule. - Nelson Mandela

Every man under his own fig tree. - Hebrew Saying

Ancestry is a hereditary condition. - Unknown

People like to trace their ancestry. - Richard Dawkins

A little axe can cut down a big tree. - Jamaican Saying

The deep roots never doubt spring will come. - Marty Rubin

Square Root: 1. Diced carrot; 2. Diced turnip. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. - Theodore Roethke

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name. - Etheridge Knight

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. - Aristotle

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree. - Joyce Kilmer

Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to people better than you are. - John G. Pollard

Disbelief: How you tell someone what the green stuff on a tree is - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

I ordered a bed from IKEA and they sent me a tree trunk and a saw. - Eileen Curtright

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. - Chinese Proverb

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual. - Samuel Smiles

Someone told me I was immature. Guess who's not allowed in my tree house now? - Unknown

I believe in moderation. I work on genealogy only on days that end in 'y'. - Richard Thiesen

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings. - Hodding S. Carter

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. - Martin Luther

First women subtract from their age, then they divide it, and then they extract its square root. - Unknown

It's better to fall from a tree and break your back than to fall in love and break your heart. - African Proverb

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

If you plant yourself in one place and let your roots grow deep, there is no limit to what God can do. - Mark Batterson

Bountiful: What Captain Bligh declared after learning that one more breadfruit tree would sink his ship - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

My wife is on a diet. Coconuts and bananas. She hasn't lost any weight, but she can sure climb a tree. - Henny Youngman

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. - Thomas Overbury

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. - George Bernard Shaw

Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. - Mark Twain

The words 'figure' and 'fictitious' both derive from the same Latin root, 'fingere.' Beware! - M.J. Moroney

The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual. - Stephen Covey

Remembering is a gift - a silent gift, because it roots us in reality while at the same time pointing us towards eternity. - Raphael Anzenberger

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. - John F Kennedy

As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. - Woody Allen

Wolves directly affect the entire ecosystem, not just moose populations, their main prey, because less moose equals more tree growth. - Rolf Peterson

You know, sometimes I feel well and vital in the world, and sometimes I just feel so distressed I want to pull my hair out by the roots. - Sharon Stone

Don't over-analyze your marriage; it's like yanking up a fragile indoor plant every 20 minutes to see how its roots are growing. - Ogden Nash

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it was stupid. - Albert Einstein

Advice from a tree:
- Stand tall and proud
- Go out on a limb
- Remember your roots
- Drink plenty of water
- Enjoy the view - Unknown