Douglas Fir

Famous quotes containing the words douglas and/or fir:

    If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.
    —Kirk Douglas (b. 1916)

    Below me trees unnumbered rise,
    Beautiful in various dyes:
    The gloomy pine, the poplar blue,
    The yellow beech, the sable yew,
    The slender fir that taper grows,
    The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
    John Dyer (1699–1758)