Poppies Quotes

88 quotes by 66 authors

I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now,… — Travis Barker
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the… — John Berger
Not poppy, nor mandrake, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep, Which thou owest yesterday. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake… — Henry Ward Beecher
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
It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings. — Oscar Wilde
One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever. — Patrick Dempsey
Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake? — Toni Morrison
The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little… — James Lane Allen
London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no apple-room, and no… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use… — Edward Hopper
But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower — John Bunyan
There's no new direction. It's not more poppy or more rocky. They're just rock'n'roll tunes. I'll never change the music I write. — Noel Gallagher
In Flanders fields the poppies blow, — John McCrae
Every step you take, a million doors open in front of you like poppies; your next step closes them, and another million bloom. You get… — Mark Slouka
I survived, carried on, glad to be like a weed, a wild red poppy, rooted in life. — Marilyn Buck
Of all the wonderful things in the wonderful universe of God, nothing seems to me more surprising than the planting of a seed in the… — Celia Thaxter
If you're ever shipwrecked on a tropical island and you don't know how to speak the natives' language, just say "Poppy-oomy." I bet it means… — Jack Handey
When you go for a walk, take seeds with you, poppies, rainbow chard, rocket. Plant them among the weeds in patches of wasteland. See what… — Tom Hodgkinson
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy, or charms, can make us… — John Donne

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