Stately Quotes

56 quotes by 51 authors

I am the last of Britain's stately homos. — Quentin Crisp
The language of Doctor Johnson and Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, and that of their adult contemporaries, was the stately language of the time, polished, stylish,… — Robert Burchfield
Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could… — Rupert Friend
Long ago life was clean, sex was bad and obscene, and the rich were so mean. Stately homes for the Lords, croquet lawns, village greens,… — Ray Davies
You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail… — Leslie Jamison
I bring you this stately matron named Christendom, returning bedraggled, besmirched, and dishonored from pirate raids in Kiao-Chow, Manchuria, South Africa, and the Phillipines, with… — Mark Twain
The end of the world was supposed to be gradual. There was supposed to be warning. A long, slow slide. What we got was punctuated… — Elizabeth Bear
The universe defies you to answer the following questions: What good is a high paying career if it leaves you continually stressed out and miserable?… — Ernie J Zelinski
Around in silent grandeur stood The stately children of the wood; Maple and elm and towering pine Mantled in folds of dark woodbine. — Julia Caroline Dorr
And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance… — Julia Caroline Dorr
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to… — Brian Greene
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. — Samuel Johnson
I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I… — Kristin Scott Thomas
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He stared up at the stars: and it seemed to him then that they were dancers, stately and graceful, performing a dance almost infinite in… — Neil Gaiman
She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about… — C.S. Lewis
She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled. — Joseph Heller
Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last,… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily… — Francis Bacon
I envy the music lovers hear. I see them walking hand in hand, standing close to each other in a queue at a theater or… — Charles de Lint

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