Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“But, without preaching, the truth may surely be borne in mind, that the bustle, and triumph, and laughter, and gaiety which Vanity… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Vanity Fair magazine reports that former President Clinton and Al Gore haven't spoken to each other since George W. Bush's inauguration. Not… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Studs Terkel was waiting for a number 146 bus alongside two well-groomed business types. "This was before the term yuppie was used,"… — Gary Younge Copy Share Image
“George meanwhile, with his hat on one side, his elbows squared, and his swaggering martial air, made for Bedford Row, and stalked… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Mrs. O’Dowd, the good housewife, arrayed in curl papers and a camisole, felt that her duty was to act, and not to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
My father loved biographies. He loved the true tales of interesting people that were shaping our culture. I get why he dug… — Abigail Spencer Copy Share Image
“The most satisfying compliment a reader can pay is to tell me that he or she feels personally addressed. Think of your… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“It is the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men, those wicked rogues. A woman may possess the wisdom… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I had gone to work for 'Newsweek', left 'Newsweek' and went to work for 'Vanity Fair,' and then went back to 'Newsweek'.… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Mr Moss's courtyard is railed in like a cage, lest the gentlemen who are boarding with him should take a fancy to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager, I remember the extraordinary feeling of accomplishment for completing 'Vanity Fair.' I don't think it was even… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
“When one man has been under very remarkable obligations to another, with whom he subsequently quarrels, a common sense of decency, as… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“and the name of that Town is Vanity; and at the Town there is a Fair kept, called Vanity Fair: it is… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
“Jos growled from under the counterpane to know what the time was; but when he at last extorted from the blushing Major… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I remember there was a turning point. I think it came right after 'Forrest Gump' when I turned down the cover of… — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
“But as it turned out, the two had a great deal in common, for both Bailey and Thackeray (named for the famous… — Susan Wittig Albert Copy Share Image
“By humbly and frankly acknowledging yourself to be in the wrong, there is no knowing, my son, what good you may do.… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“I was just not cut out to be an American journalist. In England, I could phone my editor and say 'Do you… — Lynn Barber Copy Share Image
I think that magazines like Vanity Fair are still operating under the old rules, and that if you come to work for… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
“I refused to have bookshelves, horrified that I'd feel compelled to organise the books in some regimented system - Dewey or alphabetical… — Rebecca Makkai Copy Share Image
