--- title: "1 Live Second Quotes By Allen Lacy" description: "1 Live Second quotes by Allen Lacy. Plus more from Allen Lacy and more Live Second sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/allen-lacy-22313_anatomy_gardener-s-like-everyone-else-live-secon_1594057.jpg" --- > [Gardener's , like everyone else, live second by second and minute by minute. What we see at one particular moment is then and there before us. But there is a second way of seeing. Seeing with the eye of memory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/gardener-s-like-everyone-else-live-second-by-second-and-minute-by/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/allen-lacy-22313_anatomy_gardener-s-like-everyone-else-live-secon_1594057.jpg) ## More by Allen Lacy > [Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous but is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/show-me-a-person-without-prejudice-of-any-kind-on-any-subject-and-i/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Am I accurately reporting what I see in such a blossom? The answer is no ... and yes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/am-i-accurately-reporting-what-i-see-in-such-a-blossom-the-answer-is/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/crabgrass-is-aptly-descriptive-of-this-hated-weed-for-it-does-scuttle/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Of course, the character of my garden is also determined by things beyond any human decision, mine or anyone else's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/of-course-the-character-of-my-garden-is-also-determined-by-things/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [I suppose that for most people one of the darker joys of gardening is that once you've got started it's not at all hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/i-suppose-that-for-most-people-one-of-the-darker-joys-of-gardening-is/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/an-angel-legend-has-it-took-pity-on-a-little-shepherd-girl-who-had/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Whether the are splashed with gold or white, striped with chartreuse or cream, or margined in light tones, they are nature's weaklings, and nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/whether-the-are-splashed-with-gold-or-white-striped-with-chartreuse/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/gardening-is-in-large-measure-a-phenomenon-of-attention/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Insects leave (Madagascar periwinkle) Catharanthus roseus out of their diets. So, for that matter, do deer. The reason is that the plants are loaded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/insects-leave-madagascar-periwinkle-catharanthus-roseus-out-of-their/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [The gardens I love best are those that are still affectionately tended by the people who own them and who made them - who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/the-gardens-i-love-best-are-those-that-are-still-affectionately/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France, had such an aversion to roses that she could not stand seeing one even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/anne-of-austria-wife-of-louis-xiii-of-france-had-such-an-aversion-to/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/when-i-need-to-be-precise-about-a-plant-i-use-its-latin-name-even-if/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [All gardeners need to know when to accept something wonderful and unexpected, taking no credit except for letting it be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/all-gardeners-need-to-know-when-to-accept-something-wonderful-and/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [One becomes a gardener by becoming a gardener.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/one-becomes-a-gardener-by-becoming-a-gardener/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) > [I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-lacy/i-know-of-no-common-interest-that-exceeds-gardening-as-a-source-of/) [Allen Lacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-lacy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live-second/allen-lacy/#itemlist", "name": "1 Live Second Quotes By Allen Lacy", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gardener's , like everyone else, live second by second and minute by minute. 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