Famous quotes containing the words special and/or airs:
“In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.”
—Rebecca West (18921983)
“O wad some Powr the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress an gait wad leae us,
And evn Devotion!”
—Robert Burns (17591796)
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