Eric Taylor Quotations

Yes, damage has been considerable, but our eyes are attracted to the broken or blown-over trees. In most forests, there may still be undamaged and manageable trees.

On the other hand, landowners need to be realistic when it comes to their expectations of what resources and how long it takes to reach their objectives, whether it's a crop of trees or an aesthetic view, ... Unreasonable expectation by the landowner can also result in expensive lessons.

If the consultant lives too far from the property, it will be difficult to visit on a regular basis,

What I hear all the time is that forestry is not rocket science, and it's not, ... It's harder, for with rocket science you have a set of unchanging variables, while with forestry you're dealing with complex, dynamically changing ecosystem.

Previously we've had just the two cells down there and for a population of this size those two cells are going to be inadequate.

That was one of the best crowds we've had all year. After all that's happened at our school, that was great to see.

Timber left down, particularly snapped trees, rapidly degrades in quality and loses considerable value in the first 60 to 90 days,

This is the furthest I've been in a long time. I got the one left I needed, made three or four turns, and that's all it took.

They get scars on their backs from boats running over them.

No license is required in Texas, ... Anyone can claim to be a forester.

If (Ryerson) doesn't have the ball, he can't do anything.

In terms of prevention, we have come a long way. If people are really motivated at making dietary and lifestyle changes and taking some medications, one can dramatically reduce the recurrence of stones.

The idea that I'm trying to get across is that we're always planning for the future. And the future arrives, whether we want it to or not.

Although a negative response to any of the questions would not necessarily imply the forester is not an honest, competent individual, it could raise red flags and mean the landowner should review the consultant's other qualifications more closely,

We will all at some time in our lives, fall. Life is so very fragile, we are all vulnerable and we will all at some point in our lives... fall. We will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts, that what we have is special, that it can be taken from us and that when it is taken from us, we will be tested. We will be tested to our very souls. We will all be tested. It is these times, it is this pain, that allows us to look inside ourselves.

I am not in the habit of taking baritones to supper.

Listen to me. I said you need to strive to better than everyone else. I didn't say you needed to be better than everyone else. But you gotta try. That's what character is. It's in the try.

You listen to people that love you and you listen to people that you trust. Most of all, you listen to yourself.

That's what character is, it's in the trying.

Right here, right now, God has placed you to do what you do best. Go all the way.

Success is not a goal, it's a byproduct.

Alright, listen up. I'm supposed to give you some fatherly and wise advice at this time in your life. Listen up, if you're wondering if a boy's thinking about you, he's not. He's thinking about sex, or he's hungry: those are the only two options.

Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself.

Are you suggesting that we reopen the Opera with a murder as an added attraction?