Arcadia Thomasina Quotes & Sayings

Mr F.'s Aunt, who had eaten her pie with great solemnity, and who had been elaborating some grievous scheme of injury in her mind since her first assumption of that public position on the Marshal's steps, took the present opportunity of addressing the following Sibyllic apostrophe to the relict of her late nephew.
'Bring him for'ard, and I'll chuck him out o' winder!'
Flora tried in vain to soothe the excellent woman by explaining that they were going home to dinner. Mr F.'s Aunt persisted in replying, 'Bring him for'ard and I'll chuck him out o' winder!' Having reiterated this demand an immense number of times, with a sustained glare of defiance at Little Dorrit, Mr F.'s Aunt folded her arms, and sat down in the corner of the pie-shop parlour; steadfastly refusing to budge until such time as 'he' should have been 'brought for'ard,' and the chucking portion of his destiny accomplished. — Charles Dickens

I was once an employee myself, so I know what employees want. — Li Ka-shing

I was trying to decide if you'd be the type to roofie me. — Laurelin Paige

Through his spoken word, man is continually making laws for himself. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Eat, breathe, meditate and love and you're all set — Deepak Chopra

By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days. — Townsend Harris

Yes, I do realize. Saint is offering me ... the world. But a world without him is nothing now. — Katy Evans

An adolescent does not rebel against his parents. He rebels against their power. If parents would rely less on power and more on non-power methods to influence their children from infancy on, there would be little for children to rebel against when they become adolescents ... parents inevitably run out of power, and sooner than they think. — Thomas Gordon