Quotes by Smell

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.

Augustus William Hare
smell garden flower
I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular e... by Augustus William Hare

I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election.

Augustus William Hare
smell political fields

A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WILL SMELL AS SWEET. BUT IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO CALL A ROSE WILL POSSESS THE ROSE'S FRAGRANCE.

B. B. Warfield
smell names sweet

The hossanas of the multitude can never bring satisfaction to the discerning. Yet there exist those chamaleons of popularity who find their joy, not in the sweet breath of Apollo, but in the smell of the crowd. And not in mind: Do not be taken in by what are miracles to the populace, for the ignorant do not rise above marveling. Thus the stupidity of a crowd is lost in admiration, even as the brain of an individual uncovers the trick.

Baltasar Gracian
smell taken sweet

I think the American people, you know, they're going to want that new car smell. They want to drive something off the lot that doesn't have as much mileage as me.

Barack Obama
smell people thinking
The hot, moist smell of babies fresh from naps. by Barbara Ascher

The hot, moist smell of babies fresh from naps.

Barbara Ascher
smell naps baby
Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink. by Barbara Pym

Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink.

Barbara Pym
librarian smell drink
The more you kick something that's dead, the worse it smells. by Barbara Stanwyck

The more you kick something that's dead, the worse it smells.

Barbara Stanwyck
kicks smell
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocad... by Barbra Streisand

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Barbra Streisand
avocados smell taste

You smell good, too,” said Patch It’s called a shower.” I was staring straight ahead. When he didn’t answer, I turned sideways. “Soap. Shampoo. Hot water.” Naked. I know the drill.

Becca Fitzpatrick
smell hot water

...I need a boyfriend. And to get a boyfriend, you have to look good. Doesn’t hurt to smell good too.

Becca Fitzpatrick
smell hurt needs
You smell good." "It's called a shower. Soap, shampoo, water-" "N... by Becca Fitzpatrick

You smell good." "It's called a shower. Soap, shampoo, water-" "Naked. I know the drill.

Becca Fitzpatrick
smell naked water
You should shower," I said. "Right now." "I smell that bad?" (Pat... by Becca Fitzpatrick

You should shower," I said. "Right now." "I smell that bad?" (Patch) Actually, he smelled that good.

Becca Fitzpatrick
patches smell should

Now, kids are bulls**t meters. We can smell bulls**t right away. When something's not real, you can't connect to it.

Becky G
smell real kids

Unhappiness is a dangerous thing, like carbon monoxide. You don't smell it, you don't taste it, it's formless and colourless, but it poisons slowly. It seeps into every pore of your skin until one day your heart just stops beating.

Bella Pollen
smell unhappy heart
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. by Benjamin Franklin

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.

Benjamin Franklin
cute-funny smell inspirational

People talk about me as masculine. Because of the way I walk and talk and crank out pull-ups and smell like bacon.

Benjamin Percy
pull-ups smell people

In the past, I had particularly loved her smell. She always smelled freshed, freshly washed or of freshed laundry or fresh sweat or freshly loved

Bernhard Schlink
smell sweat past

William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but when he came to, he had forgotten it. At last, with immense effort, he wrote down the secret before the vision had faded. When completely recovered, he rushed to see what he had written. It was 'A smell of petroleum prevails throughout'.

Bertrand Russell
smell laughter men
A smell of petroleum prevails throughout. by Bertrand Russell

A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.

Bertrand Russell
petroleum smell