Dufton Column Quotes & Sayings

Is this how you act toward your honored guest? You must take him out onto the street and walk him around a bit to wake him up. The cold will do him good."
"He's lying in the snow. Isn't that cold enough? — Arthur Golden

Brains are still unfashionable for women to wear, and it has always been proof of women's superiority that the more intelligent a man is, the more women admire him, while the bigger fool a woman is, the more men run after her. — Dorothea Dix

The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints. — William Hazlitt

A man's voice was saying, "Odette seems a little off tonight."
"You think?" answered a woman.
"Less confident than last night's," said the man. "I wonder if she's injured." A loud put-upon sigh. "Not to mention that the swans sound more like a herd of elephants."
Oh, come on, Grigori wanted to say: You spoiled, spoiled people. The dancer was wonderful, just like the swan-girls, doing their best to deliver them magnificence. If she was "slightly off", it was nothing Grigori had been able to notice. These people - himself included - were all so thoroughly indulged, could they not simply accept the wonder of it, sitting in this lush, gilded theater while a live orchestra accompanied so much physical exquisiteness? And this man thought he had the right to be disappointed! That these people expected so much, that they could expect that much, and not be ashamed of their petty disappointments. — Daphne Kalotay

Sometimes you have to learn to love what's good for you. — Stephenie Meyer

In what way can a revelation be made but by miracles? In none which we are able to conceive. — William S. Paley

I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store. — Olivier Theyskens

Why ask why? If it's raining it just is. — Douglas Horton

I managed to reach a depth of self-loathing that usually takes a night of drinking to achieve. — Anthony Bourdain

My pulse is buzzing and my stomach is a riot of butterflies and half-digested peanut butter cookies. — Autumn Doughton

Anytime anybody is rude, it makes me double-check my own behavior to make sure I don't do that to other people. — Patricia Heaton

I came from a small town and at school in one class there was me, a member from Depeche Mode and someone who went on to join The Cure. That was all in one class of 30 kids. — Alison Moyet