Quotes of Thistle - somelinesforyou

“ The Lumina and the Monte Carlo are selling extremely well; they are made in Canada. ”

- David Smith

“ His memoir is a splendid artichoke of anecdotes, in which not merely the heart and leaves but the thistles as well are edible. ”

- John Leonard

“ The best thing for the Bank of Canada to do is to wait and see. ”

- Andrew Jackson

“ I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible. ”

- Paul Martin

“ Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary. ”

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

“ I don't even know what street Canada is on. ”

- Al Capone

“ Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ It is good for a man to eat thistles and to remember that he is an ass. ”

- E. S. Dallas

“ I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root. ”

- Kingsley Amis

“ Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not. ”

- Robert Green Ingersoll

“ I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. ”

- Sir Richard Burton

“ Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle may not grow. ”

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

“ The Lumina and the Monte Carlo are selling extremely well; they are made in Canada. ”

- David Smith

“ His memoir is a splendid artichoke of anecdotes, in which not merely the heart and leaves but the thistles as well are edible. ”

- John Leonard

“ The best thing for the Bank of Canada to do is to wait and see. ”

- Andrew Jackson

“ I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible. ”

- Paul Martin

“ Not necessarily conscription, but conscription if necessary. ”

- William Lyon Mackenzie King

“ I don't even know what street Canada is on. ”

- Al Capone

“ Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ It is good for a man to eat thistles and to remember that he is an ass. ”

- E. S. Dallas

“ I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated thistle root. ”

- Kingsley Amis

“ Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not. ”

- Robert Green Ingersoll

“ I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. ”

- Sir Richard Burton

“ Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle may not grow. ”

- Frances Hodgson Burnett
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