"Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Beauty Tags: assertion, flowers, proud More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles." "The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom." "Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think." More In Beauty "I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas."― Margaret J. Wheatley "People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who’s spent a lot of time in both places. They’re all hardworking, simple people."― Kid Rock "My mama told me in college, ‘I love you, and you’re God’s child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.’"― Robin Roberts