Florence M Kingsley Quotes

Nay, a heart of love is treasure, and the best the world contains. ~ Florence Morse Kingsley

As her time in Florence drew to a close she was only at ease amongst those to whom she felt indifferent. ~ E. M. Forster

We residents sometimes pity you poor tourists not a little - handed about like a parcel of goods from Venice to Florence, from Florence to Rome, living herded together in pensions or hotels, quite unconscious of anything that is outside Baedeker, their one anxiety to get 'done' and 'through' and go somewhere else. The result is they mix up towns, rivers, palaces in one inextricable whirl. ~ E. M. Forster

My siblings and I were friends with the boys who would become our stepbrothers - we grew up on the same street. I feel very special to have these amazing people in my life and if we hadn't all moved into this big house together I think I would have missed out on that, because we would have drifted apart. ~ Florence Welch

I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants. ~ Florence Henderson

[G]radually, skillfully, [Parmenides] conjures up the image of us humans as stuck at this place where the road divides - unable to decide between the two paths, incapable even of seeing what the choice involves, just dithering in the space in between. ~ Peter Kingsley

Hangover cure: Rigorous sex, hydration, hot bath, then "go up for half an hour in an open aeroplane. (needless to say, with a non-hungover person at the controls)." ~ Kingsley Amis

Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn

Women. Most of them are bordering on the limits of insanity at the best of times. ~ Rachel Florence Roberts

Can she sing? She's practically a Florence Nightingale. ~ Samuel Goldwyn

Under Kingsley Shacklebolt, Azkaban was purged of Dementors. While it remains in use as a prison, the guards are now Aurors, who are regularly rotated from the mainland. There has been no breakout since this new system was introduced. ~ J.K. Rowling

The symptoms or the sufferings generally considered to be inevitable and incident to the disease are very often not symptoms of the disease at all, but of something quite different-of the want of fresh air, or of light, or of warmth, or of quiet, or of cleanliness, or of punctuality and care in the administration of diet, of each or of all of these. ~ Florence Nightingale

I wish to remain nameless
And live without shame
'Cause what's in a name, Oh
I still remain the same ~ Florence Welch

The loveliest fairy in the world; and her name is Mrs Do as you would bed one by. ~ Charles Kingsley

The thing man seeks is seeking him - the telephone was seeking Bell! ~ Florence Scovel Shinn

As a child…I didn't understand, couldn't understand. I thought I'd been born broken."
"Broken?" Kingsley could hardly believe his ears. "When I saw you the first time, I felt...healed. If you are broken, then I only pray someday I break too. ~ Tiffany Reisz

The mystery of seeking God is that HE is the One who finds you. ~ Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job. ~ Ben Kingsley

Perfect self-expression will never be labor; but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more spontaneous, more to do with the information that your soul carries. ~ Ben Kingsley

A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt. ~ Florence King

Live life one moment at a time, or else risk missing everything entirely. ~ J.B. Florence

Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same time. To keep citizens puttering in their yards instead of sputtering on the barricades, the government has gladly deprived itself of billions in tax revenues by letting home owners deduct mortgage interest payments. ~ Florence King

Do what thou dost as if the earth were heaven, and thy last day the day of judgment. ~ Charles Kingsley

Florence Nightingale was never called "the Lady with the Lamp," but "the Lady with the Hammer," an image deftly readjusted by the war reporter of the Times since it was far too coarse for the folks back home. Far from gliding about the hospital with her lamp aloft, Nightingale earned her nickname through a ferocious attack on a locked storeroom when a military commander refused to give her the medical supplies she needed. ~ Rosalind Miles

Nothing is so infectious as example. ~ Charles Kingsley

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. ~ Florence Nightingale

My free time is limited, as you know."
"Hosting an exorcism tonight?" Kingsley asked.
"Worse. Couples' counselling."
"Same thing," Kingsley said. "It's all your fault. No one told you to get a real job."
Kingsley stood up and came around the desk.
"I like my job," Søren said as he followed Kingsley from the office. "You should think about getting one, too. You'll be surprised how enjoyable it is to be useful to society."
"You know what else is enjoyable?"
"What?"
"Not having a job. ~ Tiffany Reisz

I have only one real hobby - my husband. ~ Florence Harding

There will be no true freedom without virtue, no true science without religion, no true industry without the fear of God and love to your fellow citizens. ~ Charles Kingsley

I'll prove who I am, Kingsley, after I've seen my son, now back off if you know what's good for you!"
Harry had never heard Mr. Weasley shout like that before. He burst into the living room, his bald patch gleaming with sweat, his spectacles askew, Fred right behind him, both pale but uninjured.
"Arthur!" sobbed Mrs. Weasley. "Oh thank goodness!"
"How is he?"
Mr. Weasley dropped to his knees beside George. For the first time since Harry had known him, Fred seemed to be lost for words. He gaped over the back of the sofa at his twin's wound as if he could not believe what he was seeing.
Perhaps roused by the sound of Fred and their father's arrival, George stirred.
"How do you feel, Georgie?" whispered Mrs. Weasley.
George's fingers groped for the side of his head.
"Saintlike," he murmured.
"What's wrong with him?" croaked Fred, looking terrified. "Is his mind affected?"
"Saintlike," repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. "You see…I'm holy. Holey, Fred, geddit?"
Mrs. Weasley sobbed harder than ever. Color flooded Fred's pale face.
"Pathetic," he told George. "Pathetic! With the whole wide world of ear-related humor before you, you go for holey?"
"Ah well," said George, grinning at his tear-soaked mother. "You'll be able to tell us apart now, anyway, Mum. ~ J.K. Rowling

In proportion as man gets back the spirit of manliness, which is self-sacrifice, affection, loyalty loan idea beyond himself, a God above himself, so far will he rise above circumstances, and wield them at his will. ~ Charles Kingsley

Standing on the pavement was a big fat man whom Dixon recognized as his barber. Dixon felt a deep respect for this man because of his impressive exterior, his rumbling bass voice, and his unsurpassable stock of information about the Royal Family. At that moment two rather pretty girls stopped at a pillar-box a few yards away. The barber, his hands clasped behind his back, turned and stared at them. An unmistakable expression of furtive lust came over his face; then, like a courtly shyopwalker, he moved slowly towards the two girls. Welch now accelerated again and Dixon, a good deal shaken hurriedly switched his attention to the other side of the road, where a cricket match was being played and the bowler was just running up to bowl. The batsman, another big fat man, swiped at the ball, missed it, and was violently hit by it in the stomach. Dixon had time to see him double up and the wicket-keeper begin to run forward before a tall hedge hid the scene.
Uncertain whether this pair of vignettes was designed to illustrate the swiftness of divine retribution or its tendency to mistake its target, Dixon was quite sure that he felt in some way overwhelmed... ~ Kingsley Amis

My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees. ~ Florence King

He could sense her breathing, her temple against his jaw and her shoulder under his hand were warm, her hair smelt of well-brushed hair, he could feel the presence of her body ... ~ Kingsley Amis

As an oracle to the goddess, the female outcast speaks as prophetess of times to come, interpreter of dreams of an unrevealed future. Outcasts are at home in the world of magic and infinite change. Their individual personalities merge with that of legend. Becoming vehicles of immortality, they self create their own myths, weave a spell over poets and artists and spread a belief in transcendence that heralds the future. ~ Florence Farr

Better an imperfect dome in Florence than cathedrals in the clouds. ~ Twyla Tharp

Everything has such order and everyone is so focused on doing what they're doing that no one ever pays attention to you spinning and dancing around supermarkets. It's something you find in places like supermarkets and airports, where everything is really ordered. There's something about those places that makes you feel really anonymous. ~ Florence Welch