#lower

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#colors #does #example #flower #for example

Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even? ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#break #even #how #important #important question

Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#become #developed #developing #give #i

The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs. ↗

— W. Edwards Deming

#better quality #costs #long-term #lower #quality

What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that there's inflation and growth. It can go higher and lower and to have four different portfolios essentially that make up your entire portfolio that gets you balanced. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#balanced #different #encourage #entire #essentially

If you aim at anything lower that is expecting your audience to be really alert and aware, then you're going to be caught out sooner or later as a composer. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#alert #anything #audience #aware #caught

And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering. ↗

— Artur Davis

#course #flowery #give #hunger #inequality

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back. ↗

— Bette Davis

#am #back #democrat #flowers #hall

The Amen of nature is always a flower. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#amen #flower #nature