Lawks Quotes & Sayings

What the reporters are like! They are mad with excitement at the thought of my approaching demise. Kind Sister Farquhar, my nurse, spends much of her time in throwing them downstairs. But one got in the other day, and asked me if I mind the fact that I must die. — Edith Sitwell

If I freely may discover
What should please me in my lover,
I would have her fair and witty,
Savouring more of court than city;
A little proud, but full of pity;
Light and humorous in her toying,
Oft building hopes, and soon destroying,
Long, but sweet in the enjoying;
Neither too easy nor to hard;
All extremes I would have barr'd. — Ben Jonson

Cor, love a duck. And also Lawks-a-mercy. I said that inwardly, but outwardly I said, Blimey, and also, what larks. — Louise Rennison

Man, they got mosquitoes 'round this place big enough to rape a chicken. — Elizabeth Gilbert

I gave my artistic laugh and also threw in some quirky language for good measure. "Lawks-a-mercy, no! I'm going to have a long bath and ... "
I looked shyly down. Which is pretty impressive to have done artistic laugh, quirky language and shyness all in the space of ten seconds. — Louise Rennison

Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are. — Viggo Mortensen

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case. — Jack Abramoff

Our initial assessment is that they will all die. — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

Photography invites one to give up any attempt to delineate such things as can delineate themselves. — Paul Valery

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Hunger is good discipline. — Ernest Hemingway,

Well, first of all, you can't expect me to have coherent thoughts when you're touching me. Second, you're too ... good-looking. Good-looking people usually get what they want. — Colleen Houck

The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne — Laurie Stevens