WIST Quotations

Carriger, Gail -- Timeless (2012)

Dave — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 03:39:13 +0000

“A man’s virility is in his beard,” he insisted.

To which Alexia replied, “And a woman’s is in her décolletage. Yet you don’t see me allowing mine to get out of control, now, do you?”

“If wishes were balloons,’ was his only response.

Gail Carriger (b. 1976) American archaeologist, author [pen name of Tofa Borregaard]
Timeless (2012)

Johnson, Samuel -- Comment to George Stevens

Dave — Fri, 30 May 2014 12:47:11 +0000

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment to George Stevens

In "Johnsoniana," The European Magazine and London Review (Jan 1785). From an anecdote by George Stevens.

Fielding, Henry -- A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book 4, ch. 12 (1749)

Dave — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:14:00 +0000

Handsome is that handsome does.

Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist, dramatist, satirist
A History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book 4, ch. 12 (1749)