Florence Quotes · Page 2

Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history.

— Neil Blumenthal

I love Manchester, but I would like to have a getaway place in Florence.

— Suranne Jones

“She was shocked by how dirty Florence was.”

— Christobel Kent

My family grew up in Florence. There I became what I am now, and those are things that cannot be forgotten.

— Gabriel Batistuta

I know that they [Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner and even Wilma Rudolph] have paved the way and they have been a source…

— Allyson Felix

“Her thoughts went to Stefano Garini as if pulled by an elastic - whenever she didn't pay attention, they snapped back to…

— Beate Boeker

I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to…

— Donatella Versace

As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent.

— Anonymous

“Carlina felt as if sudden sunshine had filled the kitchen... [Carlina's reaction to Stefano Garini]”

— Beate Boeker

“She'd fallen for him. How stupid. Secretary falls in love with her boss. What a tepid thing to do.”

— Beate Boeker

To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity.

— Timothy Garton Ash

“Florence had the Alberti fighting for freedom, but never had real Jacobins. It experienced the Viva Maria insurrections, but never really witnessed…

— Franco Cardini

I was like, I can't believe I get to be in a scene with Meryl Streep [in Florence Foster Jenkins]! And then…

— Simon Helberg

The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence…

— Andy Warhol

Spending all my remaining money on a ticket to Florence was rendered needlessly complicated by the fact that none of the ticket-sellers…

— Clive James

Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the…

— Romare Bearden

I trained with a guy named Tito Gobbi, who was the Marlon Brando of the opera world. Tito Gobbi was the greatest…

— Robert Davi

I had to learn all the pieces backward and forward [to play it in "Florence Foster Jenkins"]. We practiced on weekends. It…

— Simon Helberg

If you go to Florence, it has all surface beauty, but like Venice, it's simply a museum of Renaissance times. Los Angeles…

— Werner Herzog

This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit.…

— Mark Twain

After a sleepless night the body gets weaker, It becomes dear and not yours - and nobody's. Just like a seraph you…

— Marina Tsvetaeva

“The afternoon sunk into the tall grass growing on the roadside. The distant dome turned from coral to burnt umber, a final…

— Megan Rich

My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him…

— Greg Fitzsimmons

When we decided to marry, we had two ceremonies - one was more bureaucratic for the sake of the Swiss authorities,then a…

— David Bowie

I did not want to be the accompanist to an operatic star. But I was at a very high level for a…

— Simon Helberg

Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good.' 'I WAS SHOT IN…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Hamilton dabbed a tissue at the cut under his eye. "Except for the time I met the Great Khali, that was the…

— Gordon Korman

“Florence has a passion for books. When she saw the one she was seeking, she would recognize it, as if the volume…

— Lily Koppel

“They look so relaxed, so happily engaged in the present moment, these four women drinking cappuccinos and savoring the creamy cannolis.”

— Sophia Bar-Lev

I've always considered Florence as my girlfriend. I don't have to explain my love for this city.

— Gabriel Batistuta

My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very 'Green Acres'-like.

— Debi Mazar

Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife -…

— Peter Dundas

To her [Florence Nightingale] chiefly I owed the awakening to the fact that sanitation is the supreme goal of medicine its foundation…

— Elizabeth Blackwell

I wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli…

— Berthe Morisot

People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much.

— Franny Billingsley

“Which one of them would make you the most sad if you had to live your life without him?”

— Susan Meissner

The only place I've ever been where people were as proud about their city as people are in Chicago is Florence, Italy,…

— Ivo Daalder

Florence for me is not simply a city. Florence is a sentiment. And I think it's impossible to be a politician without…

— Matteo Renzi

“The years pass so quickly now that I can't keep my mental image of myself up to date. [Mature Dotsy deals with…

— Maria Hudgins

Florence and Milan had given him ideas more flexible than those of people who'd stayed at home.

— Hilary Mantel