“Her thoughts went to Stefano Garini as if pulled by an elastic - whenever she didn't pay attention, they snapped back to… — Beate Boeker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent.” — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
Rome is stately and impressive; Florence is all beauty and enchantment; Genoa is picturesque; Venice is a dream city; but Naples is… — Lilian Whiting Copy Share Image
In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. — Richard Rogers Copy Share Image
I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp.… — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
I had a crush Florence Henderson when I was younger, i would love to meet Marcia but I would prefer mom. — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity. — Oleg Cassini Copy Share Image
New England is a finished place. Its destiny is that of Florence or Venice, not Milan while the American empire careens onward… — Bernard DeVoto Copy Share Image
remember a feeling of excitement, of sudden inspiration, when I was visiting Giovanni Boccaccio's home in the walled village of Certaldo, outside… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
I trained with a guy named Tito Gobbi, who was the Marlon Brando of the opera world. Tito Gobbi was the greatest… — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
I had to learn all the pieces backward and forward [to play it in "Florence Foster Jenkins"]. We practiced on weekends. It… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
In these days before antiseptics, doctors themselves also suffered high mortality rates. Florence Nightingale, a nurse during the Crimean War (1853-1856), watched… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“I remember one English teacher in the eighth grade, Florence Schrack, whose husband also taught at the high school. I thought what… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I thought I'd never get to see that. Florence Griffith Joyner -- every time she ran, I ran. — Wilma Rudolph Copy Share Image
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It was weird at Fiorentina, because I wouldn't sign a contract and commit, so they played somebody else. But I definitely think… — Micah Richards Copy Share Image
“Broke your jaw once before Spilt your blood upon the floor You broke my leg in return So let's sit back and… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Florence had the Alberti fighting for freedom, but never had real Jacobins. It experienced the Viva Maria insurrections, but never really witnessed… — Franco Cardini Copy Share Image
Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
We would go on retreats to Florence. The people in the planning team got to be good friends and so we did… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
“There was a pleasantness to the air and a spirit about the town that did not come from its color, but from… — gail carriger Copy Share Image
A really interesting and happy time was when I first went to Florence as a student and studied Italian. I was living… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“We talked of it, of course, but I guess Florence got all she wanted out of one look at a place. She… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
The interactions of business and culture, one upon the other, form one of the least explored phases of history. For such a… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, I read 'Nancy Drew' mysteries and biographies of Madame Curie and Florence Nightingale and books about… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image