Stairway Roots

Every man under his own fig tree. - Hebrew Saying

Ancestry is a hereditary condition. - Unknown

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

The apple will fall under the apple tree. - Greek Proverb

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

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. - Spike Milligan

The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree. - Spike Milligan

Preoccupied with a single leaf you won't see the tree. - Vagabond

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

If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree. - Unknown

When you think about a walking tree, laughter is the response. - John Rhys-Davies

Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds

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

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears, does it make a sound? - Unknown

Zealotry: 1. The enemy of idealism; 2. What a tree salesman likes to do. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak. - Tom Robbins

My friend Sam has one leg. I went to his house. I couldn't go up the stairs. - Steven Wright

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. - Robert Louis Stevenson

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

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. - Joan Welsh

Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush. - Florence King

If my Valentine you won't be,
I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway

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

The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time. - Joe Girard

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

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth. - Alex Haley

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

Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. - Pauline R. Kezer

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade. - George S Patton

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

He that climbs the tall tree has won the right to the fruit; he that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. - Walter Scott

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. - Abraham Lincoln

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

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

The greatest thing about man is his ability to transcend himself, his ancestry and his environment and to become what he dreams of being. - Tully C. Knoles

At fifty, the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore. - Erica Jong

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