Poppy Quotes

64 quotes by 49 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
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
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
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
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
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
Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and poppy-head… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought....I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the… — Oscar de la Renta
Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy there. I will touch a hundred flowers And not pick… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
What Tarquin the Proud said in his garden with the poppy blooms was understood by the son but not by the messenger. — Johann Georg Hamann
I humbly thank the gods benign, For all the blessings that are mine... The morning drips her dew for me, Noon spreads an opal canopy.… — Robert Loveman
Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils. — Michaela DePrince
All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy. — Jonathan Swift

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