To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
“They look so relaxed, so happily engaged in the present moment, these four women drinking cappuccinos and savoring the creamy cannolis.” — Sophia Bar-Lev Copy Share Image
My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very 'Green Acres'-like. — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
“Later it would occur to him that a new life - to be a new man - would require him to take… — John Galavan Copy Share Image
“To say that Siena and Florence have always been competitive is an understatement. In medieval times, a statue of Venus stood on… — Rick Steves Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, Florence was increasingly becoming, for different reasons that not were not foreign to one another nor opposed – artistic and cultural… — Franco Cardini Copy Share Image
In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks;… — Larry Gatlin Copy Share Image
I feel like my name completely does not belong on that list [of great athlets], but I'm completely grateful for everything that… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
“I was scarcely the first, nor the only current, girl of impressive derivation to be unceremoniously thrust through the iron gate at… — Kelsey Brickl 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
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
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
IN MEMORIAM: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE She whom we love, our Lady of Compassion, Can never die, for Love forbids her death. Love has… — Joyce Kilmer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I'm starving. When we check into our hotel, let's ask the desk clerk where we can find one of those vast pizzas."… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
My grandfather is from Ireland. His name is Florence McCarthy. He moved to New York in 1920. They used to beat him… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
I doubt if Dickens did, especially his women-his pretty women-Mrs. Dombey, Florence, Dora, Agnes, Ruth Pinch, Kate Nickleby, little Emily-we know them… — George du Maurier 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
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
Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“…”The Emersons who were at Florence, do you mean? No, I don’t suppose it will prove to be them. It is probably… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“When I was in art school, we were looking one day at a slide of some great fifteenth century painting, and one… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“...Carlina with her cat-like eyes who didn't fit into any category he knew. (Commissario Garini's difficulty with his prime suspect.)” — Beate Boeker Copy Share Image
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 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
My family grew up in Florence. There I became what I am now, and those are things that cannot be forgotten. — Gabriel Batistuta Copy Share Image
“Carlina felt as if sudden sunshine had filled the kitchen... [Carlina's reaction to Stefano Garini]” — Beate Boeker 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
In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. — Richard Rogers 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
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
“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
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