Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Eleanor Roosevelt humorously reflects on how she feels flattered to have a rose named after her, despite a rather unflattering description.
In this quote, Eleanor Roosevelt uses humor to express her mixed feelings about having a rose named in her honor. While she feels honored and flattered, she is also taken aback by the catalog's description, which suggests the rose is not suitable for a bed but rather thrives when placed against a wall. This playful contrast highlights the unpredictability of how praise can sometimes come with unexpected or unfortunate caveats.
Themes
RoseFlatteryHumorCatalogueDescription
In practice
Example use cases
This quote would be a humorous addition to a speech about self-acceptance.
More from Eleanor Roosevelt
All quotes βGreat minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
Similar quotes
But we are all insane, anyway. Note the mountain-climbers.
Mark TwainRead
I know of only six genuine comic geniuses in movie history; Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Groucho Marx & Harpo Marx, Peter Sellers, and W.C. Fields.
Woody AllenRead
Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else's cash.
P. G. WodehouseRead
Griddle cakes, pancakes, hot cakes, flapjacks: why are there four names for grilled batter and only one word for love?
George CarlinRead
If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included.
Lorrie MooreRead
I put a dollar in one of those change machines. Nothing changed.
George CarlinRead