Fancy Quotes

845 quotes by 669 authors

We know there are billions of stars and planets literally out there, and the universe is getting bigger. We know from our fancy telescopes that… — William J. Clinton
A solitary maple on a woodside flames in single scarlet, recalls nothing so much as the daughter of a noble house dressed for a fancy… — Henry James
The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism. — Kevin McCloud
An aged Burgundy runs with a beardless Port. I cherish the fancy that Port speaks sentences of wisdom, Burgundy sings the inspired Ode. — Ambrose Bierce
Heart's ease! one could look for half a day Upon this flower, and shape in fancy out Full twenty different tales of love and sorrow,… — Mary Howitt
Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will. — Gelett Burgess
When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy. — Margaret Fuller
...By allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural...… — George W. Bush
She told her, while she kept it, 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but if she lost it Or… — William Shakespeare
The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now… — Robert Hooke
For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed. — Jeff Greenfield
Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free. — A. E. Housman
It is the fancy of every mortal that being cradled in the arms of mortality is a safe place for the time being. — Robert Breault
To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect… — Samuel Johnson
To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply, until they remembered… — George Santayana
'There's no need for fiction in medicine,' remarks Foster... 'for the facts will always beat anything you fancy.' — Arthur Conan Doyle
All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of men who had… — Mikhail Bakunin
The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some easier way of getting a dollar than by squarely earning… — Horace Greeley
We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not… — Mother Teresa

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