#flower

There is no road of flowers leading to glory. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#glory #leading #road

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#bloom #contend #flowers #hundred #schools

Flower was a good metaphor for growth. The song is obviously about sexual responsibility, so that was the main metaphor. Also, it's like knowing who someone has been and remembering and appreciating that, but really appreciating what they are now even more. ↗

— Jody Watley

#also #appreciating #been #even #flower

The time was ripe for Flower. The vibe was right. ↗

— Jody Watley

#right #ripe #time #vibe

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#broad #circumstance #continents #flowering #forests

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#compassion #fearlessness #flower #greatest #love

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. ↗

— Walter Hagen

#flowers #here #hurry #only #short

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#bright #flowers #i #i believe #moral

I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms every morning. ↗

— David Hockney

#day #draw #every #every day #flowers

I want to grow a flower for every time someone tells me “F*** you.” Then I’ll go back to that person and pin the flower on their lapel in a gesture of friendship. And while they are looking down on it in astonishment, I’ll bunch up my knuckles and punch them in the face. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#friendship #hilarious #humor #punch #ravings