Famous quotes containing the word pretty:
“Moderation in all things is best, but its pretty hard to get excited about it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I believe a man is born first unto himselffor the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted; some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood; then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“The duce of any other rule have I to govern myself by in this affairand if I had one ... I would twist it and tear it to pieces, and throw it into the fire when I had doneAm I warm? I am, and the cause demands ita pretty story! is a man to follow rulesor rules to follow him?”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)