In prosperous times I have sometimes felt my fancy and powers of language flag, but adversity is to me at least a… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
I was such a nerd, a complete geek, but then I was lucky enough to have a fancy career, where I can… — Brooke Shields Copy Share Image
We talked a lot about Donald's [Trump] record on immigration. There is irony that he has made the center of his entire… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
When my way is too rough for my feet, or too steep for my strength, I get off it to some smooth… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in… — Junior Kimbrough Copy Share Image
Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
It was amazing to me then, and still is, that so many people who wander into bookshops don't really know what they're… — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
My parents both left school at 14, but my parents are incredibly smart, successful, thoughtful people. So one of the lessons I… — Harry West Copy Share Image
Voters inclined to loathe and fear elite Ivy League schools rarely make fine distinctions between Yale and Harvard. All they know is… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
The truth is, that the greatest enemies to the doctrines of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A solitary maple on a woodside flames in single scarlet, recalls nothing so much as the daughter of a noble house dressed… — Henry James Copy Share Image
The President's policy proposal, known as 'chained CPI,' would re-calculate the cost of living for Social Security beneficiaries. That new number won't… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Happy those early days when I Shined in my Angel-infancy. Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught… — Henry Vaughan Copy Share Image
My first website went up in 1995. On it I ran a feature called Ask Nicola. Readers would email me questions, I'd… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
Some men like to go in for polo, for example, and spend thousands of dollars on ponies. Some go nuts for paintings,… — Tom Yawkey Copy Share Image
Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle. — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Long discourses, and philosophical readings, at best, amaze and confound, but do not instruct children. When I say, therefore, that they must… — John Locke Copy Share Image