Opening Scene

Famous quotes containing the words opening scene, opening and/or scene:

“And then ... he flung open the door of my compartment, and ushered in “Ma young and lovely lady!” I muttered to myself with some bitterness. “And this is, of course, the opening scene of Vol. I. She is the Heroine. And I am one of those subordinate characters that only turn up when needed for the development of her destiny, and whose final appearance is outside the church, waiting to greet the Happy Pair!””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

“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)

“Marriage enlarges the Scene of our Happiness and Miseries.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)