Fancy

Famous quotes containing the word fancy:

“[W]e are all guilty in some Measure of the same narrow way of Thinking ... when we fancy the Customs, Dresses, and Manners of other Countries are ridiculous and extravagant, if they do not resemble those of our own.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

“If I a fancy take
To black and blue,
That fancy doth it beauty make.”
—Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)

“I’m good at embroidery. It’s what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.”
—Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)