Humor Quote by Nancy Atherton Download Open image ““A woman without a past is like a fruitcake without brandy—insipid!”” — Nancy Atherton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Humor Past Time Woman
“She was by herself whether she wanted to be or not, and no amount of brandy would make it any different.” — Alexandra Ripley Copy Share Image
“But now respectable elderly women do not need to excuse themselves for buying brandy or even gin, though it is quite likely that some… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“…the loneliness…the “inexpressibly delicious" sensation of this memory - for as memories are older they’re like wine rarer, till if you find a real… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
'If we sip the vintage wine, we find dreams coming upon as that of a beautiful woman, out of the imminent NIGHT!' — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
“A lady with a past has nothing to lose. But a woman with a future can't be too careful.” — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
“It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might have made you more agreeable!” — Noël Coward Copy Share Image
“I began drinking because the thought that I was drinking gave me a kind of identity: each time I poured myself a brandy in… — Penelope Mortimer Copy Share Image
“Though she would never admit it to polite Society, Lady Georgette Thorold hated brandy almost as much as she hated husbands. So it was… — Jennifer McQuiston Copy Share Image
“I clink my glass against hers and we drink without toasting. The aged cognac tastes like history. Not the kind taught in schools, full… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“Every woman should know how to make one signature dessert. Not for anyone else but herself.” — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
“Present, rather than past, is the mother of future. So, your future must take after your present. But if it resembles more your past,… — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
“Maybe, when all was said and done, that was where love began and what kept it alive: the simple, everyday act of paying attention.” — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“Jack made a pass at me, too. He thought my riding crop was alluring until I smacked him across the face with it." "Good… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“The Handsome Prince Handbook is mute on the subject of chronic workaholism—Prince Charming, apparently, knew how to delegate—and I didn't know where else to… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“.... Finch, a small and somnolent village set among the rolling hills and the patchwork fields of the Cotswolds, a pastoral haven described in… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“When we reached the top of the humpbacked bridge that crossed the Little Deeping River, I paused, as I always did, to savor the… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“When I learned of Aunt Dimity's death, I was stunned. Not because she was dead, but because I had never known she'd been alive.” — nancy atherton Copy Share Image
Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood. — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
In my opinion, sexiness comes down to three things: chemistry, sense of humor, and treatment of waitstaff at restaurants. — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
“...I haven't guessed where your shirt is from yet Bane, but I don't think it'll matter once it's underwater!' Tristan looked at Bane questioningly.… — S.K. Munt Copy Share Image
“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.” — Markus Herz Copy Share Image
“Not wise, perhaps, to be rude to the Pope's favorite son, but my viper tongue still required a fool now and then on which… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“[S]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
If you were to send a werewolf to the moon, would he be a werewolf permanently? — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
“ “Do Southerners laugh at different things than Northerners do? Yes, I say--Northerners.” Roy Blount, Jr., Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor” — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
