Pastoral Resources

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.

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

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves.

Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

A revolution is not a bed of roses.

Rock 'n' Roll, no roses or gardening.

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

My lady's presence makes the roses red, because to see her lips they blush for shame.

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

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses.

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

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

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, a box where sweets compacted lie.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

If the power goes out, business stops... whether you sell roses or you're a big manufacturer.