Orchids Quotes
41 quotes by 35 authors
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In the winter, I enjoy cross-country skiing and raising orchids and amaryllises. If I could grow tropical flowers as perennials, I would, especially hibiscus and…
— Diane Ackerman
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Human beings aren't orchids; we must draw something from the soil we grow in.
— Sara Jeannette Duncan
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English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit. ... Inside this hothouse, huge lascivious orchids slide sensuously up the sweating windows, passion-flowers cross-pollinate in wild heliotrope…
— Alan Coren
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(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers. A little unnerving:…
— Jackie Kay
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Inspired teachers ... cannot be ordered by the gross from the factory. They must be discovered one by one, and brought home from the woods…
— John Jay Chapman
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I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
— Beau Bridges
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My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also…
— Juliet Mills
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When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.
— Stephen Mitchell
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What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me…
— Gregory Bateson
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For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's…
— Scarlett Thomas
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I try to always have flowers in the house. I have a florist in Chinatown, and they deliver orchids every two weeks. I like living…
— Phillip Lim
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The old orchid hunter lay back on his pillow, his body limp... 'You'll curse the insects,' he said at least, 'and you'll curse the natives...…
— Susan Orlean
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Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation.
— Susan Orlean
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When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume.
— Sara Jeannette Duncan
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In mauve sea-orchids as in her striking earlier book Guardians of the Secret, Lila Zemborain brings into relationship the viscera of the body and the…
— Forrest Gander
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The American way of stress is comparable to Freud's 'beloved symptom', his name for the cherished neurosis that a patient cultivates like the rarest of…
— Florence King
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Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and restaurants and the…
— Francine Pascal
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An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.
— Confucius
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An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple,…
— Leatrice Eiseman
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While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color…
— Leatrice Eiseman
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