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Lady Quotes by Judith Martin
- A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful.
- She only maintains that it is possible, under some circumstances, for a lady to murder her husband; but that a woman who wears ankle-strap shoes…
- What restricts the use of the word 'lady' among the courteous is that it is intended to set a woman apart from ordinary humanity, and…
- . . . women were brought up to have only one set of manners. A woman was either a lady or she wasn't, and we…
- Nobody believes that the man who says, 'Look, lady, you wanted equality,' to explain why he won't give up his seat to a pregnant woman…
More Lady Quotes
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen
- A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
- An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels… — Jane Austen
- I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady. — Michele Bachmann
- Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the… — Honore de Balzac
- What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live… — Brigitte Bardot
- There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress. — Joseph Addison
- To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should… — Max Beerbohm
- I love Katy Perry and Lady GaGa. I think GaGa's pushing the envelope every day and I really like that. — Pat Benatar
- Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two… — Ambrose Bierce
- I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her… — Christina Aguilera
- My mother taught me to treat a lady respectfully. — Chris Brown