Famous quotes containing the words oak and/or wood:
“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)
“If the axe is not sharp, it doesn’t matter how hard the wood is.”
—Chinese proverb.