WIST Quotations

Parker, Dorothy -- Caption, Vogue (1916)

Dave — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:46:31 +0000

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) American writer, poet, wit
Caption, Vogue (1916)

Quoted and attributed in Alexander Woollcott, While Rome Burns (1934). Modeled after Shakespeare. The full caption, from a page of women's underwear: "From these foundations of the autumn wardrobe, one may learn that brevity is the soul of lingerie, as the Petticoat said to the Chemise."

Dunne, Finley Peter -- “The Crusade Against Vice,” Mr. Dooley’s Opinions (1901)

Dave — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:24:54 +0000

“Vice,” said Mr. Dooley, “is a creature of such heejous mein, as Hogan says, that th’ more ye see it th’ betther ye like it.”

[“Vice,” said Mr. Dooley, “is a creature of such hideous mien, as Hogan says, that the more you see it the better you like it.”]

Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) American humorist and journalist
“The Crusade Against Vice,” Mr. Dooley’s Opinions (1901)
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Aaronovitch, Ben -- Moon Over Soho (2011)

Dave — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 15:27:48 +0000

“If they were ugly, Peter, would you care half so much?” asked Nightingale. “There are some hideous things out there that can talk and reason and I wonder if you would be quite so quick to rush to their defense.”
“Maybe not,” I said. “But that just makes me shallow, it doesn’t make me wrong.”

Ben Aaronovitch (b. 1964) British author
Moon Over Soho (2011)

Stout, Rex -- “Frame-Up for Murder,” ch. 1 [Archie] (1958)

Dave — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:17:47 +0000

I had first noticed her in the lobby of the Churchill, because she rated a glance as a matter of principle — the principle that a man owes it to his eyes to let them rest on attractive objects when there are any around.

Rex Stout (1886-1975) American writer
“Frame-Up for Murder,” ch. 1 [Archie] (1958)