Toibin Irish Comedy Quotes & Sayings

Chese now," quod she, "oon of thise thynges tweye:
To han me foul and old til that I deye,
And be to yow a trewe, humble wyf,
And nevere yow displese in al my lyf,
Or elles ye wol han me yong and fair,
And take youre aventure of the repair
That shal be to youre hous by cause of me,
Or in som oother place, may wel be.
Now chese yourselven, wheither that yow liketh. — Geoffrey Chaucer

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul. — Teresa Of Avila

A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure. — George S. Clason

Give your friend cause to blush, and you will be likely to lose him. — Publilius Syrus

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now. — Patty Duke

We're just two punks, Frank. God kissed us on the brow that night. He gave us all that two people can ever have and we just weren't the kind that could have it. [I]t's a big airplane engine, that takes you through the sky, right up to the top of the mountain. But when you put it in a Ford, it just shakes it to pieces. That's what we are, Frank, a couple of Fords. — James M. Cain

I have no knowledge other than that gained through my own eyes. — Vannoccio Biringuccio

The fact that there's a Highway to Hell and only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic numbers. - — Darynda Jones

Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well. — Dalai Lama XIV

I think we have a perception of transvestites all being the same, as one block. It's not one mass or tribe. Everybody's got a different story. — Sean Bean

I paused, allowing the — Larry Brooks

Who would marry me anyway? I'm a handful. — Chelsea Handler

He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you. — Martina Hingis

I think one of the great things about a football season is that you see teams play in all types of environments, and if you can't handle one of them, you probably don't deserve to win anyway. — Bill Simmons

She climbed on the kitchen table and when he declined to join her she stamped out a pouting solo piece containing equal parts of petulance and release. — Salman Rushdie