“Orchids are one of the few things in the world that can live forever.” — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids. — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“Scatter as a prayer escaping my lips... as orchids blooming in clouds.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today's society. — Leatrice Eiseman Copy Share Image
“I call the Change of Life "Orchids" because menopause is such an ugly word. It's got men in it for goddsakes.” — Lisa Jey Davis Copy Share Image
I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks.… — Phillip Lim Copy Share Image
An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it. — Confucius Copy Share Image
You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious. — Lynn Viehl Copy Share Image
Malaysia-Singapore bilateral relations can blossom beautifully if cultivated and nurtured like an orchid plant. — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
I love - oh God, I shouldn't say this - I'm really good at bringing orchids back from the dead. — Stephen Moyer Copy Share Image
Human beings aren't orchids; we must draw something from the soil we grow in. — Sara Jeannette Duncan Copy Share Image
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of the other plants, out of the soil… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
I have become an orchid washed in on the salt white beach. Memory, what can I make of it now that might… — Mary Ruefle Copy Share Image
“Miriam - I'll give you any flowers you want!' Rhapsodising over the thousand scents of her body, I exclaimed: 'I'll grow orchids… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation. That has always been part of its charm, Laroche loved orchids, but I came to believe… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I'm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was fat! I was pustule-rich! I looked like a pink human grenade! When did I blossom into the irresistible little orchid… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions.… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches… — Leatrice Eiseman Copy Share Image
The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Orchids manufacture their intricate devices from the common components of ordinary flowers, parts usually fitted for very different functions. If God had… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and… — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
Once you start carrying your own suitcase, paying your own bills, running your own show, you've done something to yourself that makes… — Sophie Tucker Copy Share Image
(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers.… — Jackie Kay Copy Share Image
“When I was suddenly thrust into what everyone calls menopause (Orchids) earlier than my body planned, I decided someone needed to take… — Lisa Jey Davis Copy Share Image
“Many collectors died in process of searching for new species, and despite persistent reports that the men died from drowning, gunshot and… — Eric Hansen Copy Share Image
Nothing could be taken for granted. Women who loved you tried to cut your throat, while women who didn't even know your… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“George thrust into Alma's hand a lithograph of a spotted 'Catasetum.' The orchid had been rendered so magnificently that it seemed to… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“[Jürgen Habermas' obituary to friend and philosopher, Richard Rorty] One small autobiographical piece by Rorty bears the title 'Wild Orchids and Trotsky.'… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“I took a cautious step inside, marveling at the sight before me. A vast conservatory awaited, or what 'once' was a conservatory.… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Orchids were not made by an ideal engineer; they are jury-rigged from a limited set of available components. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I do love real orchids. It only takes me like 2 months to kill those though. — Jill Zarin Copy Share Image
When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock. — Stephen Mitchell Copy Share Image