Famous quotes containing the words fine, cut and/or tobacco:
“General McLaidlaw: Lena will never marry. Shes not the marrying sort. I see no reason to worry. Theres enough to care for her for the rest of her life.
Mrs. McLaidlaw: I suppose youre right, dear. Im afraid she is rather spinsterish.
General McLaidlaw: Whats wrong with that. The old maids a respectable institution. All women are not alike. Lena has intellect and a fine solid character.”
—Samson Raphaelson (18961983)
“I will cut the head off my baby and swallow it if it will make Bush lose.”
—Zainab Ismael, Iraqi housewife. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 31 (November 16, 1992)
“The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized, things more than anything else will be done in the name of decency. The coarse fumes of tobacco and liquors, the consequent tainting of the breath and staining of white fingers and teeth, which is so offensive to many women, will be the first things attended to.”
—Wyndham Lewis (18821957)