Celia Thaxter (Celia Laighton Thaxter) Quotes
Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.
Celia Thaxter
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Seek to understand the root. - It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.
Bruce Lee
I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle.
Lyndon B. Johnson
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.
Albert Einstein
The very best hotel I've stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful.
Mary Berry
A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
She, though in full-blown flower of glorious beauty,Grows cold even in the summer of her age.
John Dryden
I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.
Iris Apfel
When I come across writing that really moves me and inspires me, my reaction is twofold. I want to share it with others and I want to draw something that is worthy of it. I love finding quotes that stop people-that really make them think. And I love the idea that my work, combined with meaningful words, can provide comfort or inspiration to someone.
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Someone – a man – advised me not to become a news anchor because my eyelashes were too long, and they would distract the viewers.
Tamron Hall
'There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?''‘The mood will pass, sir.’
P. G. Wodehouse
Like the musician, the painter, the poet and the rest, the true lover of flowers is born, not made.
Celia Thaxter
