Suitable Girl

Famous quotes containing the words suitable and/or girl:

    “Suicide , moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?”
    —HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    “If women were umpiring none of this [rowdyism] would happen. Do you suppose any ball player in the country would step up to a good-looking girl and say to her, “You color- blind, pickle-brained, cross-eyed idiot, if you don’t stop throwing the soup into me I’ll distribute your features all over you countenance!” Of course he wouldn’t.”
    —Amanda Clement (1888–1971)