Fancy Free

Famous quotes containing the words fancy free, fancy and/or free:

    “When I was one-and-twenty
    I heard a wise man say,
    “Give crowns and pounds and guineas
    But not your heart away;
    Give pearls away and rubies,
    But keep your fancy free.”
    But I was one-and-twenty,
    No use to talk to me.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “I went out alone
    To sing a song or two,
    My fancy on a man,
    And you know who.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it’s remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver’s license.”
    —P.J. (Patrick Jake)