Famous quotes containing the words shy, younger and/or men:
“It is very considerably smaller than Australia and British Somaliland put together. As things stand at present there is nothing much the Texans can do about this, and ... they are inclined to shy away from the subject in ordinary conversation, muttering defensively about the size of oranges.”
—Alex Atkinson, British humor writer. repr. In Present Laughter, ed. Alan Coren (1982)
“As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Against ill chances men are ever merry,
But heaviness foreruns the good event.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)