Famous quotes containing the words female and/or singer:
“Of all the riddles of a married life, said my father ... there is not one that has more intricacies in it than thisthat from the very moment the mistress of the house is brought to [child]bed, every female in it ... becomes an inch taller for it....
I think rather, replied my uncle Toby, that tis we who sink an inch lower.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
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