Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. – Hal Borland
You cant be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. – Hal Borland
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. – Hal Borland
My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, hes always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination. – Cornel West
Thats the most important thing to me – that if Im gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then its very important for me to know that Im working with people who I respect and enjoy and that were going for something together. – Brad Pitt