Famous quotes containing the word fancy:
“The gross feeder is a man in the larva state; and there are whole nations in that condition, nations without fancy or imagination, whose vast abdomens betray them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Good-night to the Season!the dances,
The fillings of hot little rooms,
The glancings of rapturous glances,
The fancyings of fancy costumes;
The pleasures which Fashion makes duties,
The praisings of fiddles and flutes,
The luxury of looking at beauties,
The tedium of talking to mutes;”
—Winthrop Mackworth Praed (18021839)
“Im good at embroidery. Its what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.”
—Lillian Hellman (19051984)