Breeches Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

There's no taking trout with dry breeches. — Miguel de Cervantes
Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your hat has got a hole… — George Canning
One of the grandest figures that ever frequented Eastern Yorkshire was William Smith, the distinguished Father of English Geology. My boyish reminiscence of the old… — William Crawford Williamson
All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there is… — Laurence Sterne
I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't… — Ruth Simmons
We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. — Henry David Thoreau
To get a man soundly saved it is not enough to put on him a pair of new breeches, to give him regular work, or… — William Booth
Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from, as pickpockets are observed commonly to walk with their hands in their breeches' pockets. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in a dark place,… — Charles Dickens
Oh, painted smirk of a hopeless dawn, the girl is still wearing her breeches... — Frances Hardinge
Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one night. And they… — Diana Gabaldon
Anthony: Now lower your dress a little- Roslynn: Anthony! Anthony: This is no time for offended modesty... You're the distraction. Roslynn: Och, well, in that… — Johanna Lindsey
Papa's in a bad way, Locke. I wanted to see you before you saw him - he has some...things he wishes to discuss with you.… — Scott Lynch
Why, sir," said he, looking about him, "what splendour I see: gold lace, breeches, cocked hats. Allow me to recommend a sandwich. And would you… — Patrick O'Brian
Could he be naked beneath his breeches? They seemed molded to him, outlining the powerful lines of his thighs and the swell just aboveâ€” Oh,… — Karen Hawkins
What do you want?" Sophronia was moved to exasperation. "Me? Stockings and breeches to come back in fashion. I do miss seeing a man's calves. — Gail Carriger
To be a good Briton, a man must trade profitably, marry respectably, live cleanly, avoid excess, revere the established order, and wear his heart in… — William Ernest Henley

Who Wrote These Breeches Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 17 Breeches Quotes as follows: