Fortnight Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight. — Hilaire Belloc
I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because… — Cyril Connolly
It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which lives by delicate… — D. H. Lawrence
Sometimes, when something really great happens to me, I like to wait two weeks before I tell anyone about it, because I like to use… — Demetri Martin
In my opinion, what changed the situation eventually - and, of course, it took a lot of time to change it, things like that don't… — John Hume
Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of… — Jane Austen
In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to this 84-year-old woman,… — Jack Dee
For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and… — Graham Nelson
Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have… — Eamon de Valera
In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight. — Joseph Chamberlain
In London, I've always lived within 10 miles of where I was born. You see, there is something called a spirit of place, and my… — Peter Ackroyd
I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I… — Katherine Jenkins
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. — Samuel Johnson
Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight. — Samuel Richardson
Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?" "Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he… — Louisa May Alcott
Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night-- of the general… — Charlotte Bronte
She couldn't have found anything nastier to say if she had thought it out with both hands for a fortnight. — Dorothy L. Sayers
All tapes left in a car for more than about a fortnight metamorphose into Best of Queen albums. — Terry Pratchett
Ah," said the jailer, "do not always brood over what is impossible, or you will be mad in a fortnight. — Alexandre Dumas
You're much better than fireworks. They're all over in a moment, and you're going to stay for a fortnight. Besides, fireworks are noisy, and they… — Kate Ross

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