Safeties On A 1911 Quotes & Sayings

Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass. — Mary Ann Shaffer

Grand gestures may be dramatic, but they're rarely practical. — Steven Harper

Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that. — Carine Roitfeld

To make matters worse, Linda, it appears, is madly in love with a monster of a Scotsman, who came to dinner last night in his kilt. Those hairy old knees decided us. "The Mountains I can bear," said Loudie. "Natives in the semi-nude at dinner time is another matter. I leave tomorrow. — Nancy Mitford

And wilt thou sing the shadowy hosts that never march again? — Harry Kemp

Luxury, so far as it reaches the people, will do good to the race of people; it will strengthen and multiply them. Sir, no nation was ever hurt by luxury; for, as I said before; it can reach but a very few. — Samuel Johnson

The achievements of certain disadvantaged groups (Jews, say) and the continued struggles of others (for instance, blacks) led to pernicious assumptions about the stuff each group was made of. Those who found a way to emerge from the ghetto were said to possess the correct cultural values. — Anonymous

People are different and it is this uniqueness that also makes it imperative for the definition or meaning of success be left to each individual to determine. — Archibald Marwizi

Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December's tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the 'dumb' animals made for the hills. — Brian Reynolds Myers

We keep the wolves outside by living well. — Angela Carter