Fancy Quotes

845 quotes by 669 authors

I set out to show that there exists single creative activity,which is displayed alike in the arts and in the sciences.It is wrong to think… — Jacob Bronowski
Poetry does not consist of words alone; there must be sentiment and fancy, combination and arrangement. — Samuel Prout
I just don't think men fancy me. — Gail Porter
Never, in all my early childhood, did anyone address to me the affecting preamble: 'Once upon a time!' ... I can but think that my… — Edmund Gosse
I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy ... fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks! — Lilly Pulitzer
I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and… — Julie Delpy
I've always loved books. I'm passionate about them. I think books are sexy. They are smooth and solid and contain delightful surprises. They smell good.… — Sue Townsend
My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only… — Susan Wiggs
To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to… — Bruce Lee
Beyond fashion and its demands, there are higher and more pressing laws, principles superior to fashion, and unchangeable, which under no circumstances can be sacrificed… — Pope Pius XII
Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy. — William Shakespeare
Adorable in her not-very-bright submissiveness, charming in her childlike delight in shiny floors, even forgivable in her spiteful competition for the whitest, brightest wash, Madison… — Vivian Gornick
Kindness does not require us to be blind to facts or to live in fancies, but it does require us to cherish a habit of… — Alexander MacLaren
Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life. — Alfred North Whitehead
Always do I recall the parting words uttered by my old governor: "My boy, never . . ." I won't set 'em down. I disregarded… — Robert Baden-Powell
Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small. — Rosamund Pike
Fancy optimizers have fancy bugs. — Rosamund Pike
Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or… — John Milton
Soft, sweet things with a lot of fancy dressing - that's what a little boy loves to eat and a grown man prefers to marry. — Helen Rowland
Most marvelous and enviable is that fecundity of fancy which can adorn whatever it touches, which can invest naked fact and dry reasoning with unlooked-for… — Margaret Fuller

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