Purple Quotes

370 Purple quotes by 298 unique authors

The only medal that I am certain I deserved is the Purple Heart. — Bob Kerrey
Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armor. Queen Jealousy, envy waits behind him, her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground. — Jimi Hendrix
The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about… — Octavia Spencer
My dreams are the usual incoherent nonsense. Like most writers, at some point in my career I thought, well, I have these great dreams but… — George R. R. Martin
The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums, and a light rain had started to fall when I came to the… — James Lee
Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them. — Yul Vazquez
I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit… — Buzz Bissinger
I haven't been in Washington over the last - ever. I'm not part of Washington. I got to serve as governor of a state, a… — Jeb Bush
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices… — Seneca the Younger
Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,-- Comes of the purple he from childhood wears, Slaves would… — Victor Hugo
Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words express'd, Is like a clown… — Alexander Pope
Dance and Provencal song and sunburnt mirth! On for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene! With beaded… — John Keats
Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail. — Charles Churchill
Central depth of purple, Leaves more bright than rose, Who shall tell what brightest thought Out of darkness grows? Who, through what funereal pain, Souls… — Leigh Hunt
Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light O'er the glad waves, like a child of the… — Unknown Author
My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don't care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want to… — Alvin Ailey
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? — St. Jerome
Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven. — Joaquin Miller
My Faith is larger than the Hills— So when the Hills decay— My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way—… — Emily Dickinson
Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition So clear of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On… — Emily Dickinson
Michael Bohn provides a rare opportunity to experience the American sporting scene in the Roaring Twenties. A constant stream of legendary characters marches across these… — Peter Golenbock
Who says you can't rock Wall Street and wear purple at the same time? Jennifer Lee opens the door for artists, healers, and brilliant souls… — Tama J. Kieves
If with love thy heart has burned; If thy love is unreturned; Hide thy grief within thy breast, Though it tear thee unexpressed; For when… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It… — Whoopi Goldberg

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