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" A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. "

C. Northcote Parkinson

" Actors are the flowers of the film, of the set, and of the director. The term 'Flowers of the Screen' holds a deep meaning. "

" A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. "

" A dear friend of mine always brings a pineapple instead of flowers when he comes to a show. I love it. "

" A fox is a wolf who sends flowers. "

" After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world. "

" 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 Elizabeth Landon

" A little thing, like children putting flowers in my hair, can fill up the widening cracks in my self-assurance like soothing lanolin. "

" All flowers in time bend towards the sun, I know you say there's no one for you, But here is one. "

" All my shoes are named after poisonous flowers, so since the beginning I've had the idea of doing something with danger in it. "

" A lot of the flowers I like are weeds. Oh, and dandelions, but they're a weed, too. "

" Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime. "

" 'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death.' It even has 'Go Ask Alice'-era urban legends. "

" And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. So then we got it together again. I always felt it was better on the White one for me. We were more like a band, you know. "

" And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. "

" An excellent wine, someone's best attempt at cooking, and the candles and flowers on the table can turn the simplest dinner into an unforgettably romantic event. "

Letitia Baldrige

" Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

" Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization. "

Lincoln Steffens

" Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. "

Gian Carlo Menotti

" As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to become a scientist. "

Harald zur Hausen

" At first, my bedroom had flowers and yellow walls and huge furniture in plastic that was orange and green - and furry green bed cover and everything. Then, I think the day I turned 13, I painted the walls black and put Kurt Cobain on the wall and just changed everything into a dark theme. "

" A thoughtful cup of tea brought to your bedside each morning means more to me than the huge bouquet of flowers bought once a year. "

" At my age flowers scare me. "

" At present, I am mainly observing the physical motion of mountains, water, trees and flowers. One is everywhere reminded of similar movements in the human body, of similar impulses of joy and suffering in plants. "

" At primary school, we would pick up plastic petals on the way home to make flowers. Now you might call it child labour, but we did it for pocket money. "

" At the age of five, of six, at the age of seven, I used to begin weeping sometimes without warning, simply for the sake of weeping, my eyes open wide to the sun, to the flowers... I wanted to feel an immense grief inside me, and it came. "

" A virtuous character is likened to an unblemished flower. Piety is a fadeless bud that half opens on earth and expands through eternity. Sweetness of temper is the odor of fresh blooms, and the amaranth flowers of pure affection open but to bloom forever. "

" A wedding is a funeral where you smell your own flowers. "

" Because I am really interested in gardening, I do really interesting plants, not even always flowers. And because I have grown them, I really know them like friends. I paint everything from exotic orchids to rosehips growing wild in a hedge. They just have to speak to me. "

" Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions. "

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