The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it… — 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
“he began to feel that she was very lonely indeed. “If he’d been here,” she said, “those cowards would never have dared… — 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
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
Could the best and kindest of us who depart from the earth have an opportunity of revisiting it, I suppose he or… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
After the war in Afghanistan, Anna [Wintour, editor of Vogue], deciding to save the world one hair-roller at a time, thought the… — Myrna Blyth 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
“And as a general rule, which may make all creditors who are inclined to be severe pretty comfortable in their minds, no… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“So there was splendour and wealth, but no great happiness perchance, behind the tall caned portals of Gaunt House with its smoky… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Q: Do you have any advice for upcoming writers who want to pen weird stories? A: READ, damn it. Fill your brain… — T.E. Grau Copy Share Image
“Perhaps as he was lying awake then, his life may have passed before him--his early hopeful struggles, his manly successes and prosperity,… — William Makepeace Thackeray 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
“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
“Sex may be completely out in the open now, but it's still defined and controlled by a powerful subset of elite men.… — Carina Chocano Copy Share Image
“Vanity Fair--Vanity Fair! Here was a man, who could not spell, and did not care to read--who had the habits and the… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what… — Malcolm Muggeridge 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 think you could very much make a 'Vanity Fair' in 2018, and I think it would probably look like a documentary. — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
“Goliath symbolizes the vanity and the illusions of this world. They disappear in a puff” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
I'm the female Bob Woodward! If I were a liberal, I couldn't write another book. I'd be so busy collecting awards! I'd… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take… — Shirley Knight Copy Share Image
I think that the fact that we had a trans woman on the cover of 'Vanity Fair'... is only good for the… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
In 1998, Vanity Fair asked me to write a big piece for them on the 50th anniversary of the New York City… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. Be shy of loving frankly; never tell all you feel, or (a… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“Being naturally of a serious turn, my attention was directed to the solid advantages derivable from a residence here, rather than to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image