A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man. — John Winthrop
Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane. — Alexander Pushkin
Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen. — Rick Riordan
Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train. — John Milton
A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure. — Saadi Shirazi
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her. — J. M. Synge
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her. — John Millington Synge
O woman, perfect woman! what distractionWas meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil! — John Fletcher
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. — William Shakespeare
O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! — Walter Scott
Godlike the man who
sits at her side, who
watches and catches
that laughter
which (softly) tears me
to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time
I see her. — Catullus
A woman's pity, which is talkative, carries the sick person's bed to the public marketplace. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force. — Dorothy L. Sayers
Little princess, lovely as the dawn, well named Aurore. — Cameron Dokey
In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate! — Arina Tanemura
Short Dame Quotes
You a lame so yo dame playin mind games;
I'm a pimp so I stay in that mind frame. — Lil' Flip
A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up. — Mae West
I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived. — Bette Davis
When Dame Fortune calls, offer her a chair. — Yiddish Proverbs
I learned everything I know about plot from Dame Agatha (Christie). — Connie Willis
There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers. — John Steinbeck
Always remember..... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David. — Ralph Jordan
Those who know Notre Dame, no explanation’s necessary. Those who don’t, no explanation will suffice. — Lou Holtz
Lads, you're not to miss practice unless your parents died or you died. — Frank Leahy
Whether you like it or not, you're a national figure after five games at Notre Dame. — Ara Parseghian
Dame Image Quotes
Notre Dame Quotes
I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care. — Tyra Banks
The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb. To be a back, you only have to be dumb. — Knute Rockne
Sure, I'd love to beat Notre Dame, don't get me wrong. But nothing matters more than beating that cow college on the other side of the state! — Bear Bryant
There is no academic virtue in playing mediocre football and no academic vice in winning a game that by all odds one should lose...There has indeed been a surrender at Notre Dame, but it is a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God. — Theodore Hesburgh
The morning we left South Bend, every student and professor was out of bed long before breakfast and marched downtown accompanying the team to the railroad station. It was the first time I'd seen anything like this mass hysteria generated on the Notre Dame campus over a football game. — Knute Rockne
I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss. — Rutger Hauer
I do not believe there is an atheist in the world who would bulldoze Mecca-or Chartres, York Minster or Notre Dame, the Shwe Dagon, the temples of Kyoto or, of course, the Buddhas of Bamiyan. — Richard Dawkins
A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said with a funny wrinkle in his eyes: I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I slowly discovered that my interruptions were my work. — Henri Nouwen
There are two kinds of people in the world, Notre Dame lovers and Notre Dame haters. And, quite frankly, they're both a pain in the ass. — Dan Devine
Notre Dame Football Quotes
I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades. — Duffy Daugherty
It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it. — Knute Rockne
Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser. — George Steinbrenner
In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. — Phil Donahue
At home I have a copy of the April 21, 1986, issue of 'Sports Illustrated.' I'm on the cover with the blurb, 'Can Lou Do It?' I'd just arrived at Notre Dame, and with spring football underway, I was the focal point of that week's coverage. — Lou Holtz
I've followed Notre Dame football since 1946, when I listened on the radio and Johnny Lujack tackled Doc Blanchard in the open field to preserve a 0-0 tie. — Lou Holtz
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing. — Clark Gable
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can’t really achieve anything great without the help of others. — Lou Holtz
One of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as we do ourselves. — Philip Larkin
I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it all, whatever I do. — Elaine Stritch
The message that President Obama delivered in his speech at Notre Dame was: morality is immoral. Pro-life is the extremist position, not a moral position. Yet we should compromise and work to reduce abortions. Where's the compromise between life and death - and why work to reduce the number of them occurring if there's nothing wrong with them? — Rush Limbaugh
Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy, And always blind, and often tipsy; Sometimes for years and years together, She 'll bless you with the sunniest weather, Bestowing honour, pudding, pence, You can't imagine why or whence; Then in a moment Presto, pass! Your joys are withered like the grass — Winthrop Mackworth Praed
You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady. — Frank Sinatra
The way to heaven is too steep, too narrow for men to dance in and keep revel rout. No way is large or smooth enough for capering rousters, for jumping, skipping, dancing dames but that broad, beaten, pleasant road that leads to hell. The gate of heaven is too narrow for whole rounds, whole troops of dancers to march in together. — William Prynne
To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee? — Victor Hugo
The owl goes not into the nest of the lark. — Victor Hugo
See it was like this when we waltz into this place. A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec two-step And I says Dad let's cut but then this dame comes up behind me see and says you and me could really exist Wow I says Only the next day she has bad teeth and really hates poetry. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, who said to his tailor Irving, Forget the slacks - please work on the blazer! Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons
I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame. — Dan Devine
It is our expression that the flux between that which isn't and that which won't be, or the state that is commonly and absurdly called "existence," is a rhythm of heavens and hells: that the damned won't stay damed; that salvation only precedes perdition. — Charles Fort
What good is a beautiful dame with a Rolls-Royce frame, and a Volkswagen brain? — J-Ro
I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but skilfully - and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments. — Charles Dance
I tried to find a rhythm, and I stopped comparing myself to anybody else. One of the great phrases for me is "Compare and despair." If I compare myself to Kate Middleton or Dame Judi Dench, I'm going to come out at the bottom and be sad. — Jamie Lee Curtis
Ron Powlus will win the Heisman two times and be the greatest quarterback in the history of Notre Dame. — Beano Cook
For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown. — Victor Hugo
Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice. — Dick Cavett
Ne reprenez, dame, si j'ai aime , Si j'ai senti mille torches ardentes, Mille travaux, mille douleurs mordantes, Si, en pleurant, j'ai mon temps consume . Do not blame me, madam, if I loved, If I felt one thousand burning torches, One thousand labours, or one thousand scathing pains, If, in crying, I spent all my time. — Louise Labe
If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end. — Bert Whitney
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