Famous quotes containing the words ole, oak and/or tree:
“My ole man died—hunh—
Cussin’ me;
Ole lady rocks, bebby,
Huh misery.”
—Sterling Allen Brown (b. 1901)
“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 13:12.