Dorothea Dix

The lovely daisy, so justly celebrated by European poets, is not a native of our soil; we know it well, however, by cultivation in our gardens and green houses; besides, we are disposed to remember it for the sake of those who have sung its praises in immortal verse.

American Activist

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars.

American Writer

Kevin Costner

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

American Actor

Richard Gere

Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world.

James Taylor

I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.

American Musician

Drew Barrymore

I make movies. I have a passion. Puppies and daisies don't accomplish anything. That's not me at all.

American Actress

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it's just a daisy in a jelly glass.

American Author

John McLaughlin

If I had to live on record sales, I'd be pushing up the daisies.

English Musician

Mikey Madison

You never know when you're going to have to make a daisy chain.

Boy George

I always think that change is like a daisy chain.

Picture the flower in your mind to connect the word 'daisy' with its appearance.

Visual Imagery

Daisies are often found in gardens and represent simplicity and purity.

Natural Setting

Use 'daisy' literally to describe the flower itself, not abstract ideas.

Literal Use

Use 'daisy' to give high praise or show approval, informally.

Positive Praise

When something stands out as excellent, 'daisy' can emphasize its uniqueness.

Emphasize Excellence

Calling someone 'a daisy' is an informal, charming compliment.

Informal Compliment

Understand 'daisy' refers to a specific type of clothesline used at home.

Unique Household Item

Remember 'daisy' as a clothesline is mainly in Australian and New Zealand English.

Regional Term

It's often used outdoors to harness the sun for drying clothes.

Outdoor Use

 about going back to square one, and say, "I just want to protect kids in the back seat." I don't there's anyone in this room who'd say, "Well, the right way to start would be, let's make a great seat belt for adults. And then, let's make this really big contraption that you have to rig up to it in this daisy chain."

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 Skipping through the field of daisies! Which brings us now to writing. When you're writing a narrative, you may want to use slow motion in one of your scenes. It's a cool effect, just like it is in Hollywood, and it draws the reader's attention to important moments. Well, here's how you do it.

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 natural lifespan let's put the science to the test we needed two identical bouquets of cut flowers vases water and of course some of grandpa's little helper we took two identical bunches of gerbera daisies famed for a short shelf life we ground up a male enhancement

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 be the best supported by the evidence and that is that birds use their sense of smell to provide them with a broad scale map of their unfamiliar environment so here's how it works our bird knows that to the north of his loft is a field of daisies and to the east is

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 cheetah has three operational modes the mode I've been showing you which I'm about to activate again follow me autonomous and convoy or daisy chain and

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 Well, my true love's a black-eyed daisy; if I don't see her, I go crazy. My true love lives up the river; a few more jumps and I'll be with her.

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 to earth no human could survive a fall like this but the mouse well it's as fresh as a daisy your next flight should have a landing this soft

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 the centipede advances on the iguana the iguana retreats the iguana scoots the centipede crawls scoot crawl scoot crawl whoopsie daisy

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 careful you're going to fall in baby careful careful careful careful daisy one way to do it she's fine

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 and in Hawaii, a daisy became a silver sword. In Africa, Gondwana molded Proteas.

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