Quaint Quotes

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In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint. — Graydon Carter
Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Man is a marvelous curiosity...he thinks he is the Creator's pet...he even believes the Creator loves him; has passion for him; sits up nights to… — Mark Twain
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold. — Jay Weatherill
Many organic practices simply make sense, regardless of what overall agricultural system is used. Far from being a quaint throwback to an earlier time, organic… — David Suzuki
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy's edge.… — Gore Vidal
We live in a culture bound by sin like bands of iron. Moral stories, quaint maxims, and life lessons shared from the heart of a… — Paul Washer
Mostly, as I said, a desire to do a bit of good, and the quaint notion that this is what we signed up for, this… — Christiane Amanpour
The same costume will be Indecent ten years before its time, Shameless five years before its time, Outre (daring) one year before its time, Smart… — James Laver
It's all love or sex these days. Friendship is almost as quaint and outdated a notion as chastity. Soon friends will be like the elves… — C.S. Lewis
I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village. — Kirsty Gallacher
In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in typography, man compositors were encouraged to stuff extra space between sentences. Generations of… — Robert Bringhurst
Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under… — Cody Lundin
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of history, a story… — Jill Lepore
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire.… — John Milton
Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars,… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine… — Moliere
I mean, source code in files; how quaint, how seventies! — Kent Beck
The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or… — Cody Lundin

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