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James M. Barrie quotes: Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that. Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that.
James M. Barrie quotes: She was a large woman who seemed not so much dressed as upholstered. She was a large woman who seemed not so much dressed as upholstered.
James M. Barrie quotes: I like well to be in the company of explorers I like well to be in the company of explorers
James M. Barrie quotes: I think it's perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls ... I think it's perfectly lovely the way you talk about girls ...
James M. Barrie quotes: Them that has china plates themsel's is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others Them that has china plates themsel's is the maist careful not to break the china plates of others
James M. Barrie quotes: He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself. He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself.
James M. Barrie quotes: You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip. You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
James M. Barrie quotes: In love-making, as in other arts, those who do it best cannot tell how it is done. In love-making, as in other arts, those who do it best cannot tell how it is done.
James M. Barrie quotes: That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse. That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.
James M. Barrie quotes: Have you noticed that many jewels make women either incredibly fat or incredibly thin? Have you noticed that many jewels make women either incredibly fat or incredibly thin?
James M. Barrie quotes: I am aware that those hateful persons called Original Researchers now maintain that Raleigh was not the man; but to them I turn a deaf ear. I am aware that those hateful persons called Original Researchers now maintain that Raleigh was not the man; but to them I turn a deaf ear.
James M. Barrie quotes: We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.
James M. Barrie quotes: Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children. Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.
James M. Barrie quotes: If I were younger, I'd know more. If I were younger, I'd know more.
James M. Barrie quotes: The most useless are those who never change through the years. The most useless are those who never change through the years.
James M. Barrie quotes: I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse. I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.
James M. Barrie quotes: I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life. I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
James M. Barrie quotes: One's religion is whatever he is most interested in. One's religion is whatever he is most interested in.
James M. Barrie quotes: Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands! Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!
James M. Barrie quotes: All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind. All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind.
James M. Barrie quotes: Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them. Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
James M. Barrie quotes: The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.
James M. Barrie quotes: We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are. We are all of us failures, at least, the best of us are.
James M. Barrie quotes: Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa. Wise children always choose a mother who was a shocking flirt in her maiden days, and so had several offers before she accepted their fortunate papa.
James M. Barrie quotes: What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball. What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.
James M. Barrie quotes: Don't have a mother,' he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them very over-rated persons. Don't have a mother,' he said. Not only had he no mother, but he had not the slightest desire to have one. He thought them very over-rated persons.
James M. Barrie quotes: Make your feet your friend. Make your feet your friend.
James M. Barrie quotes: They have long lost count of the days, but always if they want to do anything special they say this is saturday night, and then they do it. They have long lost count of the days, but always if they want to do anything special they say this is saturday night, and then they do it.
James M. Barrie quotes: How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds? How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds?
James M. Barrie quotes: Some of my plays peter out and some pan out. Some of my plays peter out and some pan out.
James M. Barrie quotes: And if he forgets them so quickly," Wendy argued, "how can we expect that he will go on remembering us? And if he forgets them so quickly," Wendy argued, "how can we expect that he will go on remembering us?
James M. Barrie quotes: If 'Hamlet' had been written in these days it would probably have been called 'The Strange Affair at Elsinore. If 'Hamlet' had been written in these days it would probably have been called 'The Strange Affair at Elsinore.
James M. Barrie quotes: What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things? What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?
James M. Barrie quotes: Always try to be a litle kinder than necessary. Always try to be a litle kinder than necessary.
James M. Barrie quotes: I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
James M. Barrie quotes: Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough. Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough.
James M. Barrie quotes: Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older. Young boys should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older.
James M. Barrie quotes: Anything is possible if you wish hard enough. Anything is possible if you wish hard enough.
James M. Barrie quotes: You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it. You find a glimmer of happiness in this world, there's always someone who wants to destroy it.
James M. Barrie quotes: Fame is rot; daughters are the thing. Fame is rot; daughters are the thing.
James M. Barrie quotes: Those who are prepared to die are most prepared to live. Those who are prepared to die are most prepared to live.
James M. Barrie quotes: Always be kinder than necessary. Always be kinder than necessary.
James M. Barrie quotes: Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow
James M. Barrie quotes: For to have faith, is to have wings Peter Pan For to have faith, is to have wings Peter Pan
James M. Barrie quotes: You canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable. You canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable.
James M. Barrie quotes: Always be a littler kinder than necessary. Always be a littler kinder than necessary.
James M. Barrie quotes: The man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now, and the only man who does not know how to say it. The man of science appears to be the only man who has something to say just now, and the only man who does not know how to say it.
James M. Barrie quotes: The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era.. The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era..
James M. Barrie quotes: We are all failures at least, all the best of us are. We are all failures at least, all the best of us are.
James M. Barrie quotes: There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make. There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
James M. Barrie quotes: We have a right to know the truth; no right to ask anything else from God, but the right to know that. We have a right to know the truth; no right to ask anything else from God, but the right to know that.
James M. Barrie quotes: When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. When a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies.
James M. Barrie quotes: What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will. What is genius? It is the power to be a boy again at will.
James M. Barrie quotes: Heaven for climate, Hell for company. Heaven for climate, Hell for company.
James M. Barrie quotes: May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me. May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me.
James M. Barrie quotes: Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened. Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened.
James M. Barrie quotes: You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas. You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas.
James M. Barrie quotes: Those who aim low usually hit their targets. Those who aim low usually hit their targets.
James M. Barrie quotes: I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching. I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.
James M. Barrie quotes: The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
James M. Barrie quotes: One girl is worth more use than 20 boys. One girl is worth more use than 20 boys.
James M. Barrie quotes: Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men.
James M. Barrie quotes: All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title. All great writers begin with a good leather binding and a respectable title.
James M. Barrie quotes: As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man. As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.
James M. Barrie quotes: His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall. His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
James M. Barrie quotes: In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling any faggot rather than let the fire go out. In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling any faggot rather than let the fire go out.
James M. Barrie quotes: Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.
James M. Barrie quotes: A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be. A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be.
James M. Barrie quotes: Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard. Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most worthy of regard.
James M. Barrie quotes: I do loathe explanations. I do loathe explanations.
James M. Barrie quotes: The man who is in real danger is the man who thinks he is perfectly safe. The man who is in real danger is the man who thinks he is perfectly safe.
James M. Barrie quotes: A loving wife is better than making 50 in cricket, or even 99, beyond that I will not go. A loving wife is better than making 50 in cricket, or even 99, beyond that I will not go.
James M. Barrie quotes: If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me! If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!
James M. Barrie quotes: Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs. Life is a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink the sooner we reach the dregs.
James M. Barrie quotes: Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies. Every time you say you don't believe in fairies, a fairy dies.
James M. Barrie quotes: Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy: Of course, I did nothing ... Peter: You did a little. Wendy: Oh, the cleverness of you. Peter: Oh, the cleverness of me. Wendy: Of course, I did nothing ... Peter: You did a little. Wendy: Oh, the cleverness of you.
James M. Barrie quotes: All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust! All you need is trust and a little bit of pixie dust!
James M. Barrie quotes: Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. Barrie quotes: Wendy: Sir, you are both ungallant and deficient! Peter: How am I deficient? Wendy: You're just a boy. Wendy: Sir, you are both ungallant and deficient! Peter: How am I deficient? Wendy: You're just a boy.
James M. Barrie quotes: I bowl so slowly that if I don't like a ball I can run after it and bring it back I bowl so slowly that if I don't like a ball I can run after it and bring it back
James M. Barrie quotes: Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds. Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.
James M. Barrie quotes: Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages. Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages.
James M. Barrie quotes: The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in. The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.
James M. Barrie quotes: You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was made from his funny bone. You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was made from his funny bone.
James M. Barrie quotes: Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him. Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.

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