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People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world. — Louisa May Alcott

You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance to read it. — William Goldman

It's a vast waste of space. — Prince Philip

[The poll tax] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure. — Norman Tebbit

I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. — Barry Sheene

Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability. — Douglas Wood

Kelsier smiled. Gods, it appeared, could still fall for a classic misdirection con. — Brandon Sanderson

To be a classic, a novel should be original. — Ruth Rendell

This could only happen in a technical college. — Prince Philip

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation. — Lee Child

For me black is not dark, it's poetic. I don't think of gothic I think of classic - it's a big difference. — Ann Demeulemeester

Many of the greatest books are like a forest. The best way to get to know them is to wander right into the middle and get lost. — Anthony Esolen

The coffeehouse is good for genius, and the Viennese coffeehouse is a classic case. Freud had his favorite coffee shop, and so did Gustav Klimt. — Eric Weiner

I love shopping for guys! A watch is a fantastic gift idea - an oversized, stainless steel version with links is classic and cool. — Nina Garcia

I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic. — Jim Varney

I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts. — Olivia Colman

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today. — Leonard Maltin

A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway. — Italo Calvino

Had you behaved in a more gentleman like manner! — Jane Austen

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts ... for support rather than illumination. — Andrew Lang

I'm drawn to what I'm drawn to. I wear jeans and loafers everyday, mostly casual, but when I really turn it on, I like a classic, simple look. — Allison Williams

Shane was a classic, and you can't find a better bad guy than Jack Palance. — Clint Walker

Ishmael had the posture of a classic general; the intellect of a cab driver. — Jarrett McCall

You can change the feel of your sofa by adding a thick, cozy throw and playing a couple of classic pillows off a more Moroccan-inspired one. — Nate Berkus

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in. — Padma Lakshmi

The Beatles are a classical group because they're classic. — Nigel Kennedy

A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from. — Bear Grylls

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. — Mark Twain

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition. — Gracie Gold

I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian cooking is. — Mario Batali

Misogyny, when expressed or explored by men, remains a timeless classic. — Maggie Nelson

A vibrator can last all night, too, vampire! - Denise — Jeaniene Frost

If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role. — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

She was classic Wyoming, that indiscriminate age between thirty and a hundred where the women find a comfort for themselves and just settle in. — Craig Johnson

Limiting the freedom of news 'just a little bit' is in the same category with the classic example 'a little bit pregnant. — Robert A. Heinlein

I love seeing other channels counterprogram the Super Bowl. PBS: DAMN RIGHT we're airing a new 'Masterpiece Classic'! Fuck off, sports! — Tara Ariano

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead. — Jay Samit

My big brother listened to classic rock, and I grew up listening to a classic rock station called KSHE. — Louise Post

The author says one character's definition of a classic is any book he'd heard of before he was thirty. — Sinclair Lewis

I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime. — Yelawolf

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. — Clifton Fadiman

You're just a silly little Whitehall twit: you don't trust me and I don't trust you. — Prince Philip

Follow those rats! They may lead us back to Muggins! — A.F. Stewart

He had been held to her by a beautiful thread which it pained him to spoil by breaking, rather than by a chain he could not break. — Thomas Hardy

I like a lot of Ralph Lauren and classic styles ... My style has changed in that I'm willing to try more things. — Troian Bellisario

I love making observations. That one is a classic example. — Stephen Colbert

The mile has a classic symmetry ... It's a play in four acts. — John Landy

ADD is a neurological syndrome whose classic defining triad of symptoms include impulsivity, distractibility, and hyperactivity or excess energy. — Edward M. Hallowell

Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! — Herman J. Mankiewicz

I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays. — Andre Holland

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. — Alan Bennett

Like any classic videogame, the Hunt had simply reached a new, more difficult level. A new level often required an entirely new strategy. I — Ernest Cline

We didn't have counsellors rushing around every time somebody let off a gun. You just got on with it! — Prince Philip

What makes a classic is difficult to define. It's entirely subjective, of course. And the term is employed far too promiscuously. — John Boyne

A way a lone a last a loved a long the - — James Joyce

Have you ever felt you were born in the wrong decade, or came just a bit too late and missed out on all the good stuff when it was in its heyday? — E.A. Bucchianeri

Broadway is a definite symbol of New York. It's classic New York. — Katharine McPhee

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen

The first album is a classic record and I think the prototype of a sound that no one else does. — Kathy Valentine

If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. — Liev Schreiber

Tonight he was a firm adherent to the classic McCloud school of thought; plant bugs first, apologize later. — Shannon McKenna

Only a Scotsman can really survive a Scottish education. — Prince Philip

It's where my mother hopes to read classic novels again one day when she isn't working nine days a week, — A.S. King

It was a classic Nixon move: goad an opponent into attacking, then ride a wave of sympathy s you defend your honour. — Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

Marx set forth a classic statement of inherent class antagonism on the market — Thomas E. Woods Jr.

The Press nowadays is not a literary press; classic diction and brilliancy of style do not distinguish it by any means. — Marie Corelli

It is?classic Bill Clinton, sincere and deceptive at the same time, requiring a careful reading between the lines. — David Maraniss

Own company, reading a classic British novel, curled — E.L. James

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't — Clive James

I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. — Mark Twain

The creator of the new composition in the arts is an outlaw until he is a classic. — Gertrude Stein

I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of. — P. J. Soles

Style a classic pencil skirt with on-trend prints to end the week in style. — Lubov Azria

There are a thousand ways of playing a good classic. If it were effective, I would play Hamlet on a trapeze. — Orson Welles

I think timelessness is a very important factor in whatever I do. That's what makes a classic. — Patricia Field

I love the cowbell. I think it's awesome. My family got the cowbell app on their iPhones. It's a classic part of ski racing. — Lindsey Vonn

Folks were doin' a lot of runnin' that night — Harper Lee

There is a classic Zen saying that a wave cannot be separated from the ocean, nor can the ocean be separated from a wave. — David Levy

I am a classic 'Star Trek' fanatic. — Rachel Cohn

Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake
one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Harry Smith) — Vince Flynn

'Let's Get It On' is a classic Motown single, endlessly repeatable and always enjoyable. — Jon Landau

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe. — Chiwetel Ejiofor

I was a classic attention deficit disorder kid, always bored and mouthing off at school. — Stephen Rodrick

I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba. — Yoenis Cespedes

It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itself. — Anne, Queen Of Great Britain

I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity, to become classic and create a truly captivating home. — Candice Olson

If it ran, a Bean would shoot it. If it fell, a Bean would eat it. — Carolyn Chute

If I could wear any label forever it would be Burberry. It covers a huge span of stuff. You can't go wrong with a classic trench and a pair of jeans. — Emma Watson

I love the classic crooners, but I got that from my mother - she worked in a record store. — Tori Amos

I like classics but I always add a twist because I don't like to think of my clothes as classic. — Monique Lhuillier

We makeup artists are a unique bunch of people; we don't have the classic brain, the classic training, but we're creative, so we figure it out. — Bobbi Brown

A cult classic is one that has been fully embraced by an alternative audience, not the popular audience. — Bruce Campbell

A promise fulfilled may be a classic moment, but prophecies mean anticlimax. How much more awesome was an unexpected salvation? — China Mieville

Every new book we read in our brief and busy lives means that a classic is left unread. — B.R. Myers

I think that when a poem can move readers across generations and across its specific class or race then it becomes truly classic. — Rita Dove

There's a lot of your family in tonight. — Prince Philip

I'm not a human anymore — Darren Shan

Yahoo to me, as the founder of a company, is one of the biggest opportunities you could have; it's one of those classic Internet companies. — Nick D'Aloisio

How may a mortal, face and defeat the Kraken — Beverley Cross

Like a car that's old enough to be old but not old enough to be a classic, it would be years before people would again appreciate the old town square. — K. Martin Beckner