Quotes About Nature

I'm a big archery person. I grew up shooting bows. Some people play golf, I do this.

I like to hunt and fish, read and paint and play golf. And I can have a good time doing nothing. And, of course: be with my family.

I like to go to the beach, have a bonfire, and play music.

Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I've played so many shows in Colorado that I think I'm the Colorado house band.

I love the way the game of golf is lived and played in Scotland. I always have.

I couldn't change who I am; I couldn't change the kind of player I am.

I know that I'm a natural attacking player. I love to attack. I love to play freely; I love to combine and play through balls. That's the nature of my game.

I have always had the sea as my playground.

As a child, the paddy field was my playground.

Education is very important, and the botanical garden is the place to do that. I grew up in a semi-rural area and learned from that being my playground.

The ocean is my church and my playground, and it's where I love to be. It's where I belong.

My playground growing up was the fields and forests.

The country up here is beautiful; everything green and pleasant; and if you saw it now, you would not believe that in two months' time it could have such a parched and barren appearance as it will then assume.

Nothing is more pleasant for me than to be on location in the country that I love, in any of our western landscapes, being out there with a camp outfit and a film company.

A plant is the most cliche thing, but a little bit of green has a great effect on happiness. Being at a cubicle all day is not pleasing, but a little life on your desk can give you a little life, too.

I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

I think in a way that's part of getting older, appreciating the simple pleasures of being in the garden.

We all need a bit of mystery in our lives, and rivers offer plenty of that.

Anyone who generates opinion for a living is going to get plenty of feedback, positive or negative. Some people indeed don't like the fact that I'm a woman with strong opinions. And if they disagree with me, they are quick to point out what my gender is. I chalk it up to being the nature of people.

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

One of my favorite passages in 'Leaves of Grass,' that breathless, exuberant poem so rich and full of innocence and joy and generosity and compassion, is 'Mannahatta.'

The animal encounter poem is now so distinct a genre that it would be possible to create a full-length anthology from deer encounter poems alone, and many varieties of experience would emerge from such an exercise.

Poems are perfect for something to listen to while you're walking around because they don't take very long.

And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.