Opening

Famous quotes containing the word opening:

“His reversed body gracefully curved, his brown legs hoisted like a Tarentine sail, his joined ankles tacking, Van gripped with splayed hands the brow of gravity, and moved to and fro, veering and sidestepping, opening his mouth the wrong way, and blinking in the odd bilboquet fashion peculiar to eyelids in his abnormal position. Even more extraordinary than the variety and velocity of the movements he made in imitation of animal hind legs was the effortlessness of his stance.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Dentopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it. I’ve been practising it for years.”
—Prince Philip (b. 1921)

“She tried to found a salon, and only succeeded in opening a restaurant.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)