Bought

Famous quotes containing the word bought:

“Flaemmchen: Did you ever see a stenographer with a decent frock on?
The Baron: I have indeed.
Flaemmchen: One she’d bought herself?
The Baron: Oh, I see what you mean.”
—William A. Drake (1900–1965)

“The pound of flesh which I demand of him
Is dearly bought as mine, and I will have it.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile:
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile (l. 1–4)