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Flowers Quotes

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Flowers, Spring

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"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy."

"The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Flowers, Joy, Sun, Trees

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"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

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"A fox is a wolf who sends flowers."

"A fox is a wolf who sends flowers."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

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"I'm a hopeless romantic, and very much the person in a relationship to go: If things are going well, I'll buy the flowers, remember the dates of things, plan fun nights out."

"I'm a hopeless romantic, and very much the person in a relationship to go: If things are going well, I'll buy the flowers, remember the dates of things, plan fun nights out."

Jennifer Love Hewitt, American Actress

Flowers, Fun, Romantic

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"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"

"For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!"

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!""

"If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: "I'm cheap!""

Delta Burke, American Actress

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"Let a hundred flowers bloom."

"Let a hundred flowers bloom."

Mao Zedong, Chinese Leader

63

"I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move."

"I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

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"In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers."

"In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers."

Lucretius, Roman Poet

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"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

Walter Hagen, American Athlete

Flowers, Visit, Worry

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"Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive."

"Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive."

Brian Clough, English Athlete

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"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers."

Claude Monet, French Artist

58

"I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back."

"I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back."

Bette Davis, American Actress

Flowers, HusbFlowers, Nixon

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"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

"The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon."

Jean Ingelow, English Poet

Flowers, Moon, Night

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"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed."

"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed."

James Allen, British Author

Flowers, Humanity, Poverty

56

"When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory."

"When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory."

John Foxe, English Writer

Flowers, Glory, Heaven

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"I couldn't have found a better man than Brad. He still opens doors for me and brings me flowers. He's the sweetest goofball on the planet."

"I couldn't have found a better man than Brad. He still opens doors for me and brings me flowers. He's the sweetest goofball on the planet."

Jennifer Aniston, American Actress

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"Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots."

"Waters are distilled out of Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, and Roots."

Nicholas Culpeper, English Scientist

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"The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also."

"The Herbs ought to be distilled when they are in their greatest vigor, and so ought the Flowers also."

Nicholas Culpeper, English Scientist

55

"There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof."

"There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof."

Jean Paul, German Author

Flowers, Heaven

55

"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

"There is no road of flowers leading to glory."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

Flowers, Glory, Leading, Road

55

"I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect."

"I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect."

Sharon Stone, American Actress

Flowers, Gentleman, Respect

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"I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids."

"I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Flowers, Garden

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"I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco."

"I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco."

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

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"It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance."

"It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance."

Lena Horne, American Actress

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"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room."

"I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room."

Mercedes McCambridge, American Actress

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"I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them."

"I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them."

Lyman Abbott, American Author

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"Gather the flowers, but spare the buds."

"Gather the flowers, but spare the buds."

Andrew Marvell, English Writer

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"I like perfume and flowers."

"I like perfume and flowers."

Donatella Versace, Italian Designer

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"My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white."

"My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own house. I would like my coffin to be put in the double parlor, and I would like all the flowers to be white."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

52

"I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself."

"I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

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"By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity."

"By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

Flowers, Humanity

51

"Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?"

"Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?"

Letitia Landon, British Poet

Flowers, Memory, Past

51

"Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up."

"Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up."

Ken Hill, British Playwright

51

"There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses."

"There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses."

Louis Aragon, French Poet

Flowers, Error, Reason, Senses

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"It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet."

"It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet."

Augustus Hare, English Writer

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"Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers."

"Their elegant shape, showy colours, and slow, sailing mode of flight, make them very attractive objects, and their numbers are so great that they form quite a feature in the physiognomy of the forest, compensating for the scarcity of flowers."

Henry Walter Bates, English Environmentalist

Flowers, Numbers

50

"I want my flowers while I'm alive."

"I want my flowers while I'm alive."

Chubby Checker, American Musician

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"Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers."

"Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers."

Walter de La Mare, English Poet

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"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms."

"Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms."

Ikkyu Sojun, Japanese Poet

Flowers, Open, Spring

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"For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive."

"For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive."

Al Purdy, Canadian Poet

46

"True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long."

"True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

45

"Flowers are happy things."

"Flowers are happy things."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

45

"Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed."

"Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Flowers, Garden

44

"I'm susceptible to that sort of thing - to walls and flowers. You can probably get something more from a wall than a person sometimes. It's just put somewhere."

"I'm susceptible to that sort of thing - to walls and flowers. You can probably get something more from a wall than a person sometimes. It's just put somewhere."

Ray Davies, English Musician

44

"Flowers grow out of dark moments."

"Flowers grow out of dark moments."

Corita Kent, American Artist

Flowers, Moments

43

"There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves."

"There are no such things as Flowers there are only gladdened Leaves."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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