Roses quotations, Roses & famous people
Quotes & Roses
What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet. – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. - James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. – Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.
People & Roses
Here are just a few famous names and "people" who have roses named after them
- Ingrid Bergman
- Charles Darwin
- Chaucer
- Queen Elizabeth
- Cary Grant
- Anne Boleyn
- Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco
- Audrey Hepburn
- Benjamin Britten
- John F. Kennedy
- Mary Magdalene
- Pablo Picasso
- Othello
- Gabriela Sabatini,
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Georgie Girl
Keith Kirtsen a well known South African gardening personality (who introduced the Flower Carpet rose into South Africa) tried to introduce a Nelson Mandela rose a few years ago.