If you chance to live in a town where the authorities cannot rest until they have destroyed every precious tree within their blighting reach, you will be especially charmed by the beauty of the streets of Portsmouth. Thomas Bailey Aldrich authoritybeautyblight share on social
It's unnatural to believe death usually has a beauty and a concordance and is usually a coming together of your life's work. It leads to frustration for the patient. And it leaves grieving families convinced they did something wrong. Sherwin B. Nuland beautycomeconcordance share on social
I'm normally fairly busy rushing from job to job, so have little time in the mornings for my beauty regime. However, this usually means my hair and makeup is done for me when I get there, which is great! Poppy Delevingne beautybusyfairly share on social
I'd love to claim that what I have done in my life is of my doing, but it's not of my doing at all. I've blown around in the wind like a mad thing, influenced by this and that - like a piece of paper: like the boy in that scene in 'American Beauty' watching a piece of paper blowing hither and thither. John Hurt americanbeautyblow share on social
This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general. Cat Stevens askbeautycreate share on social
I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty. Barbara Walters accentbeautyboston Change image and share on social
Women are more difficult to caricature than men - partly because beauty is more difficult to caricature. Steve Breen beautycaricaturedifficult Change image and share on social
Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth. Stewart Udall affairbeautycherish Change image and share on social
The storyline of a fantasy novel is filled with such a sense of enchantment, beauty and strangeness; it allows the writer to explore the big ontological questions of life that would sound like a sermon in a social realist novel. Kate Forsyth beautybigenchantment share on social
If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle. Fanny Howe beautydailydifficulty Change image and share on social