A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A room full of hundreds, let alone thousands, of people is not my most fun thing in the world.”
“A room full of words that are nearly the truth but not quite, each note fluttering off the steam of its rose like a broken butterfly wing.”
Source: Before I Fall
“A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.”
“A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world.”
“A room is not a room without natural light.”
Source: Global architecture
“A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is.”
“A room of one's own isn't nearly enough. A house, or, best, an island of one's own.”
Source: The collected plays
“A room to myself is a luxury that I do not always enjoy.”
Source: A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
“A room without books is like a life without meaning.”
“a room without boooks like a body without soul”
“A room? A nice room? A beautiful room? A beautiful room with bath? Swing high, swing low, swing to and fro...This happened and that happened... And then the days came and I was alone.”
“A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.”
“A root is a flower that disdains fame.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“A root, a stem, a leaf, some means of capturing sunlight and air and making food - in sum, a plant. The green substance of this earth, the chlorophyll, is all summed up in the plants. Without them we perish, all of us who are flesh and blood.”
“A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but a woman called by a devaluing name will only be weakened by the misnomer.”
Source: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
“A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WILL SMELL AS SWEET. BUT IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO CALL A ROSE WILL POSSESS THE ROSE'S FRAGRANCE.”
“A rose by any other name Would get the blame For being what it is-- The colour of a kiss, The shadow of a flame. A rose may earn another name, So call it love; So call it love I will, And love is like the sea, Which changes constantly, And yet is still The same.”
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.”
Source: The America of George Ade, 1866-1944: Fables, Short Stories, Essays
“A rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.All flowers are beautiful in their own way, and that’s like women too. I want to encourage women to embrace their own uniqueness.”
“A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.”
“A rose does not need to boast of what the whole world already knows; its beauty.”
“A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks: “Aren’t you tired of waiting?” “Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.”
“a rose for empathy
can my own beauty reflect off glass
again the pain subsides like matted walls
like hospital halls like gas and pills and sass
never can I dance in balls or prance through malls
my pelvic gird’ survives tacked back intact
i sigh relieved my paralysis stops
there died before my eyes the drunk in fact
who crashed and thrashed and mashed in flee of cops
by grace i stay a higher vertebrate
in this ordered peck of vine and line still mine
my skin and brain remain not celibate
those organs large and whole and sexed and fine
the drunk fared worse in life in death in time
my paraplegia dared curse his crime not mine”
“A rose gets its color and fragrance from the root, and man his virtue from his childhood.”
“A rose is a rose, even by another name. But we choose whether we will offer beauty to the world, or if we will use our thorns to sting. -Roman Nikolaevich Montagov”
Source: Our Violent Ends
“A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.”
“A rose is honored for its beauty, not its size.”
“A rose is not its thorns, a peach is not its fuzz and a human being is not his or her crankiness.”
“A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.”
“A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.”
“A rose, isn't quite as beautiful as it once was, when after its thorn pricks you.”
“A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.”
“A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.”
“A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late.”
“A rose’s beautiful scent is extracted only when it is crushed.”
“A rose started off a bud, a bird started off an egg, and a forest started off a seed.”
“A rose to the living is more Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.”
Source: The Girl Wanted: A Book of Friendly Thoughts
“A rose trapped inside a fist.”
Source: The Portable Henry Rollins
“A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.”
Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings
“A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded.”
“A rosy apple rests in the hands of a crippled man.”
Source: Tajrish
“A rotten case abides no handling.”
Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“A rotten nut, a reeky pear,
A thing the cat left on the stair,
And lots of other things as well,
Each with a rather horrid smell.
These are Veruca's new found friends
That she will meet as she descends,
And this is the price she has to pay
For going so very far astray.
But now, my dears, we think you might
Be wondering-is it really right
That every single bit of blame
And all the scolding and the shame
Should fall upon Veruca Salt?
Is she the only one at fault?
For though she's spoiled, and dreadfully so,
A girl can't spoil herself, you know.
Who spoiled her, then? Ah, who indeed?
Who pandered to her every need?
Who turned her into such a brat?
Who are the culprits? Who did that?
Alas! You needn't look so far
To find out who these sinners are.
They are (and this is very sad)
Her loving parents, Mum and Dad.
And that is why we're glad they fell
Into the garbage chute as well.”
Source: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“A rotten ship is not afraid of the storms!”
“A rotting soul will usually succumb to karma.”
“A rough-hewn, squarish tunnel, maybe eight feet on a side, carved through dark stone, stretched ahead of him curving off to the left. Smokeless flames flickered in sconces spaced along the walls.
Okay, first question: Who lit the sconces? And second what were the flames feeding on?
What did it matter? In sharp contrast to the blah, semi-modern characterless buildings on the surface, this tunnel looked ancient. And that gave Frankie hope. Because it might lead somewhere else.
Was it unreasonable to hope it led back to Manhatten-his Manhatten? Most certainly. Did he have a better route to follow? No.
With the manuscript of the Great American Novella clutched to his chest, P.Frank Winslow started walking.”
“A rough rule in life is that an organization foolish in one way in dealing with a complex system is all too likely to be foolish in another.”
“A rough should have high grass. When you go bowling they don't give you anything for landing in the gutter, do they?”
“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.”
Source: Following The Equator