[Petunias are] as hopelessly
[Petunias are] as hopelessly impractical as a chiffon ball dress. Eleanor Perenyi
Petunias
At about six in
At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles. Edmond Francois Valentin About
So long, and thanks
So long, and thanks for all the fish. Douglas Adams
Curiously enough, the only
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do … Read more
Understanding is the basis
Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation. Dallas Willard
The beauty of a
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. Information distilled over 4 billion years of biological evolution. Incidentally, all the organisms on the Earth are made essentially of that stuff. An eyedropper full of that liquid could be used to make … Read more
Never upstage a man.
Never upstage a man. Don’t top his joke, even if you have to bite your tongue to keep from doing it. Never launch loudly into your own opinions on a subject – whether it’s petunias or politics. Instead, draw out his ideas to which you can gracefully add your footnotes from time to time. Arlene … Read more
Sometimes something can look
Sometimes something can look beautiful just because it’s different in some way from the other things around it. One red petunia in a window box will look very beautiful if all the rest of them are white, and vice-versa. Andy Warhol