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Twenties Quotes by Jane Austen
- It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.
- Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my…
- They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly…
- A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.
- Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had…
More Twenties Quotes
- The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. — Chinua Achebe
- It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before. — Jane Austen
- The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by… — Charles Babbage
- When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give… — Lauren Bacall
- I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever… — Eric Bana
- I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that… — Antonio Banderas
- In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. — Jacques Barzun
- Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people. — Samantha Bee
- Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of… — Irving Berlin
- Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. — Ambrose Bierce
- Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. — Jim Bishop
- Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from… — Erma Bombeck