Famous quotes containing the words horace walpole, horace, walpole, early and/or career:
““In short, Isabella, since I cannot give you my son, I offer you myself.” -- “Heavens!” cried Isabella ... “what do I hear! You, my lord! You! my father in law! the father of Conrad! the husband of the virtuous and tender Hippolita!” -- “I tell you,” said Manfred imperiously, “Hippolita is no longer my wife; I divorce her from this hour.””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“In time your relatives will come to accept the idea that a career is as important to you as your family. Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt.”
—Barbara Dale (b. 1940)