Jane Quotes

289 quotes by 203 authors

I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British… — Tom Hiddleston
My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes. — Joyce Carol Oates
Well, every now and then I would hear the preposterous notion that that Jane Pauley sounds like Barbara Walters. Like I could if I tried? — Jane Pauley
I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female… — Anna Quindlen
Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, 'Ode to Lovely War,' and one of the top agents in… — Jane Seymour
Just as Bowie, Zeppelin, etc., became rock stars by remaking themselves in the image of the California girls, the Go-Gos became rock stars by pretending… — Rob Sheffield
Jane Austen was an extraordinary woman; to actually be able to survive as a novelist in those days - unmarried - was just unheard of. — Julie Walters
How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million? — Johnny Weissmuller
If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon, but right now, I'm working… — Betty White
I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. — A. N. Wilson
As a kid, I really loved 'Jane Eyre,' I used to fantasise that the past was so much better and my lifetime was crap. — Romola Garai
New content online no longer requires new stories or information, just new ways of linking things to other things. Or as the social networks might… — Douglas Rushkoff
Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. — Rita Mae Brown
Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation." "I am no bird; and… — Charlotte Bronte
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but… — Mark Twain
Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. — Mark Twain
Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time. — Jasper Fforde
galatea was a serious girl. she was pale and looked like tears all over. big ed passed his hand through his hair and said hello.… — Jack Kerouac

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