Famous quotes containing the word leaving:
“I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.”
—Brigitte Bardot (b. 1933)
“... the prevalent custom of educating young women only for marriage, and not for the duties and responsibilities consequent on marriageonly for appendages and dead weights to husbandsof bringing them up without an occupation, profession, or employment, and thus leaving them dependent on anyone but themselvesis an enormous evil, and an unpardonable sin.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (18051875)
“My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posteritya good strong figure. But I think it is rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.”
—James Boswell (17401795)