Famous quotes containing the words high, jump and/or shoes:
“All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at first sight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man.”
—Samuel Richardson (16891761)
“A baby is a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when youre pregnant, or youd probably jump off a bridge. Nobody tells you how all-consuming it is to be a motherhow reading goes out the window and thinking too.”
—Erica Jong (20th century)
“I told him that Goldsmith had said,... As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the taylor, so I take my religion from the priest. I regretted this loose way of talking. JOHNSON. Sir, he knows nothing; he has made up his mind about nothing.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)