In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
Siegfried Sassoon

In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
Hubert H. Humphrey

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
Warren Buffett

It may be that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,' but I should be loath to see a rose on a maiden's breast substituted by a flower, however beautiful and fragrant it might be, that is went by the name of the skunk lily.
Alexander Henry

It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened.
Georges Simenon

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
Marcus Aurelius

Love and a red rose can't be hid.
Thomas Holcroft

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.
Katharine Lee Bates

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower.
William C. Bryant

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure.
Cecil Beaton

No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich

One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.
Hedy Lamarr

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.
Dale Carnegie

One rose says more than the dozen.
Wendy Craig

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
Martin Amis

Our share of the vote overall rose by less than 1 per cent - yes, that's right: less than 1 per cent.
Francis Maude

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.
Kristin Scott Thomas

Pete Rose came over to the Phillies in '79 and he became the catalyst that helped us to put it all together.
Steve Carlton

Pete Rose is the most likable arrogant person I've ever met.
Mike Schmidt