Diane Ackerman Quotes

A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us in vestigial ways of fertility, vigor, life-force, all the optimism, expectancy, and passionate bloom of youth. We inhale its ardent aroma and, no matter what our ages, we feel young and nubile in a world aflame with desire.

Diane Ackerman

Quotes to Explore

Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.

Barton Gellman
- Food
- Government
- Water
With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.

Daniel Bryan
- You
- Expect
- Ladder
Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.

Gary Hart
- Me
- Care
- Bored
I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'

Lara Stone
- Up
- Love
- Parents
An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.

Fernando Botero
- Why
- You
- Artist
There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was trying to do sketch comedy in my stand-up, which is still kind of what I am doing now. To go full-circle here, it's kind of like one-man sketch.

Dana Carvey
- Comedy
- Film
- Looking Back