48 Penelope Quotes
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Famous Penelope Quotes
Annabeth's face, her blond hair and gray eyes, the way she laughed, threw her arms around him, and gave him a kiss whenever he did something stupid. She must have kissed me a lot, Percy thought. — Rick Riordan
I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up. — Rick Riordan
Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping. — James Howell
He [Percy] pleaded with those sea-green eyes, like a cute baby seal that needed help. Piper wondered how Annabeth ever won an argument with this guy. — Rick Riordan
Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell, By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale. — John Milton
Aphrodite strikes again, huh? You're gonna be the best-dressed warrior in town, beauty queen. — Rick Riordan
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. — John Masefield
The daughter-in-law of Pythagoras said that a woman who goes to bed with a man ought to lay aside her modesty with her skirt, and put it on again with her petticoat — Michel de Montaigne
The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there: Then looking up and round the prospect wide, When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried. — Plato
The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. — John Milton
But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her. — Colin Quinn
Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. — Homer
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum? — Christopher Marlowe
Woman is at once apple and serpent. — Heinrich Heine
Short Penelope Quotes
- I like me Italian girls; half Halle Berry, half Penelope Cruz sort of thing! — Tom Felton
- As she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red. — Anna Godbersen
- I feel upsettingly de-natured. If Penelope Cruz were one of my nurses, I wouldn't even notice. — Christopher Hitchens
- I'm not the new Penelope Cruz. I'm Paz Vega. There's only one Penelope and she's marvellous. — Paz Vega
- Constant Penelope sends to thee, careless Ulysses. Write not again, but come, sweet mate — Ovid
- I love Tom Cruise. When Penelope Cruz is through with him, I'm next. — Christina Aguilera
- Unraveling the web of Penelope. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- You won’t be able to take your eyes off the next four presenters: Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz. — Chris Rock
People Writing About Penelope
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Rick Riordan |
1511 | 8730 |
 John Milton |
780 | 4024 |
 James Howell |
37 | 232 |
 John Masefield |
68 | 473 |
 Michel de Montaigne |
1000 | 3523 |
 Plato |
945 | 13426 |
More Penelope Quotes
Men who neglect philosophy while busying themselves with ordinary affairs are like the Suitors [in the Odyssey] who desired Penelope but went to bed with her maids. — Gorgias
Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady. She's a very talented director, and I curse better because of her. — Dave Mustaine
Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him...and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. — Alberto Moravia
And, she was able to tell herself with some satisfaction, the man in question - one Colin Bridgerton - felt precisely the same way.... ....His earth shook, his heart leaped, and Penelope knew without a doubt that his breath was taken away as well. For a good ten seconds. Falling off a horse tended to do that to a man. — Julia Quinn
I really love Penelope Cruz, because she has the tan skin. I think it's important to look at people who resemble you and see what looks good on them, and how they are doing their makeup or hair and how they carry themselves. — Tiffany Dupont
No words for the passion. No words for the need.No words for the sheer epiphany of the moment.And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon, in the heart of Mayfair, in a quiet drawing room on Mount Street, Colin Bridgerton kissed Penelope Featherington.And it was glorious. — Julia Quinn
Ulysses is son to Laertes, but he is father to Telemachus, husband to Penelope, lover of Calypso, companion in arms of the Greek warriors around Troy, and King of Ithaca. He was subjected to many trials, but with wisdom and courage came through them all.... he is a complete man as well, a good man. — James Joyce
My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband. -Penelope Featherington — Julia Quinn
No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, 'Ode to Lovely War,' and one of the top agents in England spotted me dancing in the chorus. I was a singer and dancer in that movie with Maggie Smith, um, and he told me he couldn't sell me as Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg. — Jane Seymour
Sort of what you do in drama school when asked to play something way out of your reach. Anyway, we used to laugh a lot about that. I used to say I'm not going to act old, Penelope. I'll just be myself. — Maggie Smith
What's amazing to me is how many of the issues facing women in the ancient world still linger today. Take Odysseus' wife, Penelope, a brilliant, resourceful woman who ends up in a terrible situation: in her husband's absence, she is being held hostage in her own home by men who claim to be courting her. She tries to make them leave, but because she's a woman they refuse, blaming their bad behavior on her desirability. — Madeline Miller
I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think is a goddess and an unbelievable actress, and she introduced herself. As she walked away from the table I had to take a deep breath, which was strange because I've never had that with anyone. — Carey Mulligan
Those that study particular sciences, and neglect philosophy, are like Penelope's wooers, that make love to the waiting women. — Aristippus
Write," he said. "I'll write to you as soon as I get there," answered Julian. "No. Not to me. Write books. Not letters. Write them for me, for Penelope. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And white girls from small towns weren't supposed to dream big, either. We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. But there was no way Penelope and I were going to sit still. Nope, we both wanted to fly. — Sherman Alexie
She keeps on hoping from a word from Penelope, but not in any strenuous way. She hopes as people who know better hope for undeserved blessings, spontaneous remissions, things of that sort. — Alice Munro
What's the difference between bulimics and anorexics?" I ask. "Anorexics are anorexics all the time," she says, "I'm only bulimic when I'm throwing up." Wow. She sounds just like my dad! "I'm only an alcoholic when I get drunk." There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. Penelope gorges on her pain and then throws it up and flushes it away. My dad drinks his pain away. (107) — Sherman Alexie
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