Diana Mitford Quotes & Sayings

So I have gone all the way around Robin Hood's barn to arrive at the old platitudes, which I guess is the process of growing up. — Herman Wouk

How should I know why! I didn't invent human beings, Iggy. — Saul Bellow

In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him. — Alexis Denisof

To answer your question, yes, you may kiss my ass. Normally I prefer to maintain my personal space, but you're a Friend of the Pack and your services have proven useful once or twice. I strive to accommodate the wishes of persons friendly to my people. My only question is, would your kissing my ass be obeisance, grooming, or foreplay?"

"You didn't answer my question," Curran said. "What will it be?"
"No," I said.
Curran grinned and my heart made a little jump. I didn't expect that.
"That's it? That's your witty comeback? — Ilona Andrews

I' and 'my' are two separate tracks. They never unite. One may say, 'this is my wife, we both are one [united]'. But we can't say they are 'one', can we? Both the 'I' are indeed separate, aren't they? — Dada Bhagwan

I nearly swallow my tongue when Cash pops up from behind the bar. "You must be Olivia."
"Holy mother of hell!" I say, grabbing my chest to still my racing heart.
He laughs. "With a mouth like that, you'll fit right in here."
If I weren't so surprised, I'd probably take exception to that comment. Instead, I laugh.
"You bring out the worst in me. What can I say? — M. Leighton

The problem with being me, thought Isabel, as she walked along George IV Bridge, is that I keep thinking about the problem of being me. — Alexander McCall Smith

Like tornadoes and cold sores, good work happens with total disregard to whether I'm 'into it.' — Merlin Mann

And the whole huge town of a million people was locked in a sort of violent inertia, a nightmare of noise without movement. — George Orwell

You see, this is the problem with conversation," Solon said with a sigh, and looked at Ander. "All we ever do is talk about ourselves. Let us stop before we bore each other, well, to tears. — Lauren Kate

We've got to keep an eye on the battle that we face - a war on workers. And you see it everywhere. It is the Tea Party. And there's only one way to beat and win that war - the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight. — James P. Hoffa

If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are. — Pablo Picasso

Roses are red, Violets are blue. I'm just a fucked up hit man, And nothing rhymes with that. — Pepper Winters