"Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for……" — Gerald Durrell
"Aspirin is so good for roses, brandy for sweet peas, and a squeeze of lemon-juice for the fleshy flowers, like begonias."
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28 Quotes by Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell has 28 quotes on this site.
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Erosion, desertification, and pollution have become our lot. It is a weird form of suicide, for we are bleeding our…
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Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures…
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Remember that the animals and plants have no M.P. they can write to; they can't perform sit-down strikes or, indeed,…
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You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or…
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The great ecosystems are like complex tapestries - a million complicated threads, interwoven, make up the whole picture. Nature can…
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Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives.
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As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with…
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Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with…
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Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things.
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All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what…
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There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and…
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If naturalists go to heaven (about which there is considerable ecclesiastical doubt), I hope that I will be furnished with…
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More Aspirin Quotes
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America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up…
— John Barrymore
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The remedy now is two scotches and an aspirin, I think.
— Harry Sinden
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I will lift mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-colored, king-sized…
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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The whole world is drunk and we're just the cocktail of the moment. Someday soon, the world will wake up,…
— Dean Martin
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Golf tips are like aspirin. One may do you good, but if you swallow the whole bottle you will be…
— Harvey Penick
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Estimates suggest that from 20 to 50 million Americans routinely, albeit illegally, smoke marijuana without the benefit of direct medical…
— Frances M. Young
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There is no such thing as a peace of soul approach to religion. It makes of God a gigantic Bayer…
— John Powell
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For toddlers I suggest leaving their mittens on year-round, indoors and out. That way they can't get into aspirin bottles,…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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A smart mother suggests that her child bring an apple to his teacher; a smarter mother suggests that he bring…
— Evan Esar
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A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast.
— Groucho Marx
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THe world now has so many problems that if Moses had come down from Mount Sinai today, the two tablets…
— Robert Orben
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Elizabeth Taylor's so fat she puts mayonnaise on aspirin.
— Joan Rivers
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