Madam Quotes
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Madam Quotes & Sayings
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Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet.
— George Etherege
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
— Sydney Smith
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.
— Madam C. J. Walker
I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.
— Samuel Johnson
longevity bestowed respect, even upon a whorehouse madam if she kept going for long enough.
— Jo Nesbo
Within six months, if I am not dead, I shall have seen you again, madameven if I have to overturn the world. — Alexandre Dumas
Perseverance is my motto.
— Madam C. J. Walker
When you were a little girl, Madam ... was this the woman you dreamed of becoming?
— Andrew Sean Greer
Cleopatra: Give me to drink Mandragora.Charmian: Why, madam?
Cleopatra: That I might sleep out this great gap of time my Antony is away. — William Shakespeare
Filch and Madam Pince were secretly in love with each other.
— J.K. Rowling
No whimpering, madam! You can't have the joys of motherhood without some of its pangs! Think of your blessings, and don't be a coward! -
— Kate Douglas Wiggin
Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality.
— Louisa May Alcott
And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning.
— Winston Churchill
I wouldn't call it looming, madam. Some of us simply aren't built for looming, said Locke.
— Scott Lynch
You can call me mercenary, or call me madam, but, as I always tell my customers - just call me anytime!
— Xaviera Hollander
You do not come to the thee-ator and it will wither your soul. (Madam Leadora Seamstress for the Royal Magnificent Theater)
— Kristen Britain
Madam, my father has left me flopping like a flounder at low tide and you say what's the matter.
— Harper Lee
According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.
— J.K. Rowling
Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.
— John Webster
I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.
— Ethel Merman
Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.
— Samuel Johnson
Madam, you flatter yourself. I do not want to marry you or anyone else. I am not a marrying man. - Rhett Butler
— Margaret Mitchell
SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.
— Ambrose Bierce
Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.
— Ambrose Bierce
You need to acquire a lover, Madam President.
— Lynn Raye Harris
To write a book is for all the world like humming a song - be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.
— Laurence Sterne
I got my start by giving myself a start.
— Madam C. J. Walker
And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you'd read this letter with your lips.
— Edmond Rostand
Madam's spirits have been restored! The sun can once more shine!
— Leigh Bardugo
Madam, you have bereft me of all words,Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, — William Shakespeare
You had your turn madam, let me have mine ... Let me complete. I'm sorry, it's my turn.
— Mitt Romney
IT'S PRETTY HARD for the Lord TO GUIDE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND WHICH WAY TO GO.
— Madam C. J. Walker
Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaller.
— Harry Vardon
There would be no hair growing business today had I not started it.
— Madam C. J. Walker
And he is yours, and his must needs be yours. Your servant's servant is your servant, madam.
— William Shakespeare
I tell you this, madam, no man at court will be able to fart soon without asking Cecil first.
— Susan Kay
All I ask, Madam, is to share with thee a common center of gravity.
— James K. Morrow
Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?
— Elizabeth Gaskell
A Republic Madam...if you can keep it.
— Benjamin Franklin
I do not know what you were like as a wood-nymph, madam, but you are a magnificent tree.
— Neil Gaiman
Your father, madam, was fully cremated. I made absolutely certain." Alexia swallowed silently and then said fervently, "Thank you, Floote. — Gail Carriger
Madam," the man cried, leaping to the ground, "you're hurt!" "I'm dead, sir!" she replied. A few minutes later, they became engaged.
— Virginia Woolf
It's lucky it's dark. I haven't blushed so much since Madam Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs.
— J.K. Rowling
You there was, or might be, such a man / As this I dreamt of?" - he can only answer like a Roman, "Gentle madam, no,
— James Shapiro
Madam, I could teach lessons in hell on the subject of 'want.'
— Connie Brockway
She asked, what would he do if a lady happened to insist? Turner replied, Madam, do you think that would be a lady?
— Erik Larson
There's a scabbard for every dagger,' the madam says in Turkish as the whores laugh.
— Jeffrey Eugenides
Have you anything to say to me now, Madam?" he demanded. "Your wig is crooked," I said, and closed my eyes again.
— Diana Gabaldon
Oh dear, I sometimes think ... whatever should I do if anything were to ... But, there, thinking's no good to any one - is it, madam?
— Katherine Mansfield
Birth, death . . .?' 'And nappies, madam. Things men don't do.
— Catriona McPherson
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?It took me years to write, will you take a look? — Nancy Lynn Jarvis
glass, madam. He looks to see his own face, not
— Kathleen Tessaro
Sink me! Your taylors have betrayed you! T'wood serve you better to send THEM to Madam Guillotine
— Emmuska Orczy
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
— Pierre Beaumarchais
But perhaps you do not understand. I was crippled, crippled by an elephant that came through the roof - Madam LaVaughn
— Kate DiCamillo
Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired.
— Madam C. J. Walker
And never, never, dear madam, put 'Wednesday' simply as the date! That way madness lies!
— Lewis Carroll
You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for the benefit of the race.
— Madam C. J. Walker
Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done.
— William Shakespeare
Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.
— Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Age brings about everything; but it is not the time, Madam, as we know, to be a prude at twenty.
— Moliere
Pray, dear madam, another glass; it is Christmas time, it will do you no harm.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
This is a free country, madam. We have a right to share your privacy in a public place.
— Peter Ustinov
If you do not like to see me naked, Madam, I suggest you get a different bus in the mornings!
— Ade Bozzay
Neatness, madam, has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is quite messy, like a wind blown room.
— William J. Harris
MADAM, WE'VE ALREADY GONE.
— Terry Pratchett
Yes, madam," he said, with the exceeding politeness of a man who has just imagined raping you.
— Karan Mahajan
Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.
— Samuel Johnson
I refuse to be labeled immoral merely because I am godless.
— Madam C. J. Walker
I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.
— Madam C. J. Walker
No, I will not make out with you." Her red lips curled up. "Did you just try to make a joke, Madam Prosecutor?" I smirked.
— Eliza Lentzski
GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.
— Ambrose Bierce
Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities?
— George Phillips Bond
If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you!
— Winston Churchill
You have disgraced the name of Russia, madam!" shouted the general, "and there are police for that!
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
— Madam C. J. Walker
Well madam, have you looked in the mirror and seen the state of your nose? Boxing is my excuse. What's yours?
— Alan Cooper
No, madam, never now. Of course, I did think of it at one time. But it wasn't to be. He had a little flower-shop just down
— Katherine Mansfield
Shanna - Madam Beauchamp. You have provided the brightest moment in my day." As she stared, his lips moved further in soundless vow. "I love you.
— Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Perhaps this is a dream, said Madam La Vaughn from her chair. Perhaps the whole thing has been nothing but a dream.
— Kate DiCamillo
Can I fetch you something, madam? A cup of tea?'In the old days she'd have been 'miss' and he'd have offered her a cocktail. — Sara Sheridan
But they are murderers, madam! I am afraid of murderers!(Jeffery, the footman in The Pirate Next Door) — Jennifer Ashley
