“The seed of curiosity had been planted; it needed nothing more than time and boredom to grow.”

“Plant lots and lots of seeds and hopefully one will grow!”

Melanie Perkins (1987) Australian technology entrepreneur

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

“Everytime I plant a seed, he say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“We plant this stone as some small seed
Is sown at springtime, warm with earth;
We sow this seed as some good deed
Is sown, to grow until its worth
Shall grow, through rugged steeps of time,
To touch the God-built stars sublime.”

Joaquin Miller (1837–1913) American judge

“I want to plant a few more seeds here and there before they plant me.”

Doris Haddock (1910–2010) American political activist

“To me poor people are like bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a flower-pot, you get a replica of the tallest tree, only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted, only the soil-base that is too inadequate. Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs to get the poor people out of poverty for us to create an enabling environment for them. Once the poor can unleash their energy and creativity, poverty will disappear very quickly.”

Muhammad Yunus (1940) Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

“The seeds of who I am now had been planted. I wrote in my notebook one day during ethics class.”

Marilyn Manson (1969) American rock musician and actor

“A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

“So the stimulus didn't just waste your money; it planted the seeds from which the poisonous tree of death panels will grow.”

Mike Huckabee (1955) Arkansas politician