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
“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
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
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 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 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
I do get star-struck, especially if they're icons like Florence Welch. I met her briefly at a studio and I did not… — Freya Ridings 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 wear myself out trying to render the orange trees so that they're not stiff but like those I saw by Botticelli… — Berthe Morisot 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
“Which one of them would make you the most sad if you had to live your life without him?” — Susan Meissner 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
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
Florence Nightingale. She is one of the most dynamic social entrepreneurs in history. — Neil Blumenthal 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
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
To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity. — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
