Lady Quotes - page 2

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world. (Jane Austen)
Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, Lady, were no crime. View quote
Andrew Marvell
Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage: and they were always mortal enemies. View quote
Jonathan Swift
I asked a thief to steal me a peach He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady. View quote
William Blake
I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. View quote
Lydia Maria Child
Lady of the Mere, Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance. View quote
William Wordsworth
I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow. Miss C. F. Forbes, (18171911). View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. View quote
Mark Twain
This lady is not for turning. View quote
Margaret Thatcher
A lovely lady, garmented in light From her own beauty. View quote
Percy Bysshe Shelley
There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors. (Elizabeth Hoyt)
If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford. View quote
Eloisa James
Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land. View quote
Kit Williams
They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind. View quote
Owen Hart
Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business. View quote
Robert Stack
My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. View quote
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"To put it in gentleman's terms if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, some weeks they're good looking and some weeks they're not the best. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She wasn't the best looking lady we ended up taking home but she was very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much, let's have a coffee" - on the "ugly" win against Chesterfield. View quote
Ian Holloway
The desert is a capricious lady, and sometimes she drives men crazy. View quote
Paulo Coelho
Whatever the lady does is wrong. I do not know of a single right decision taken by her. View quote
Edward Heath
In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both. View quote
Ayn Rand
I'd like to punch out a really old lady. There'd be no repercussions. (Noel Fielding)
I'm not wild about the term first lady. I'd just like to be called Laura Bush. View quote
Laura Welch Bush
I am an optimistic lady. View quote
Julie Andrews
The mirror cracked from side to side 'The curse is come upon me', cried The Lady of Shalott. View quote
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
I have been treated as a freak, rather like the fat lady at the circus. View quote
Margaret Hughes
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