Quotes on Roses

This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They threw things at me then but they were not roses.

Author: Susan Anthony

Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.

Author: Syd Barrett

A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.

Author: Jean Cocteau

They are not long, the days of wine and roses.

Author: Ernest Dowson

I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.

Author: Emma Goldman

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.

Author: Oscar Levant

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

Author: H. Mencken

Everything's coming up roses - for me.

Author: Ethel Merman

The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.

Author: Ovid

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?

Author: Jerry Pournelle

Truths and roses have thorns about them.

Author: Henry Thoreau