Ass Quote by H. L. Mencken

The Victorians have been immoderately praised, and immoderately blamed, and surely it is time we formed some reasonable picture of them? There was their…

— Robertson Davies

Simply put, if you are a Wayward Victorian Girl, I'll find you.

— Emilie Autumn

The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first settlement days... demonstrated that core character over and…

— Ted Baillieu

I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.

— Margaret Thatcher

We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.

— A. N. Wilson

For those who reject it, the Victorian experience is something to feel embarrassed about, to apologise for, to escape from, and never to repeat.…

— David Cannadine

I kind of have a Victorian sensibility - I don't understand stuff until I can classify it and name it.

— Fred Tomaselli

Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some…

— Charles Kennedy

“This is going to be hideously trite,” he says. “Prepare yourself.” “Prepared.” “It’s Christmas. You love them. They love you. More than anything else,…

— Hannah Johnson

“When we read Victorian novels, we are often misled into thinking how close that age is to our own; but when we encounter historical…

— John Bowen

People always imagine that the whole of Victorian England was sitting around reading Alice in Wonderland - in fact only a tiny minority ever…

— Michael Rosen

The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were…

— Jane Jacobs