Nannies Quotes - Page 3

• Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.

  Terry Pratchett

  People, Lords And Ladies, Causes

  Terry Pratchett (2008). “Lords And Ladies: (Discworld Novel 14)”, p.29, Random House

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• However in the world did her skin come green?" Nanny wondered, stupidly, for Melena blanched and Frex reddened, and the baby held her breath as if trying to turn blue to please them all. Nanny had to slap her to make her breath again.

  Gregory Maguire

  Baby, Blue, Skins

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.39, Harper Collins

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• Walter Plinge said: "You know she asked me a very silly question Mrs Ogg! It was a silly question any fool knows the answer!" "Oh, yes," said Nanny. "About houses on fire, I expect..." "Yes! What would I take out of our house if it was on fire!" "I expect you were a good boy and said you'd take your mum," said Nanny. "No! My mum would take herself!" "What would you take out then, Walter?" Nanny said. "The fire!

  Terry Pratchett

  Silly, Boys, Fire

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• Other people salted away money for their old age, but Nanny preferred to accumulate memories.

  Terry Pratchett

  Memories, People, Age

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• We meant to temporarily disable her," Ian said. "Just a drop. But Natalie slipped during air turbulence. Before we could warn your nose-ringed nanny, she drenched us. Luckily, she allowed us to retrieve the antidote from our carry-on." "That's kindness," Amy said. "I made them agree to give me all their cash," Nellie explained. "That's bribery," Natalie grumbled.

  Peter Lerangis

  Kindness, Air, Giving

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• Divers alarums and excursions', she read, uncertainly. 'That means lots of terrible happenings, said Magrat. 'You always put that in plays.' Alarums and what?', said Nanny Ogg, who hadn't been listening. Excursions', said Magrat patienly. Oh.' Nanny Ogg brightened a bit. 'The seaside would be nice,' she said. Oh do shut up, Gytha,' said Granny Weatherwax. 'They're not for you. They're only for divers, like it says. Probably so they can recover from all them alarums.

  Terry Pratchett

  Nice, Mean, Play

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• I don't hold with paddlin' with the occult," said Granny firmly. "Once you start paddlin' with the occult you start believing in spirits, and when you start believing in spirits you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are you're believing in gods. And then you're in trouble." "But all them things exist," said Nanny Ogg. "That's no call to go around believing in them. It only encourages 'em.

  Terry Pratchett

  Believe, Ems, Spirit

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• I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little sister to ballet, picking up my brother, sort of being a super-nanny.

  Vin Diesel

  Brother, Children, Lunch

  "Vin Diesel: I Want To Be A Good Dad". "Parade" Interview, parade.com. August 25, 2008.

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• I had people in my life who didn't give up on me: my mother, my aunt, my science teacher. I had one-on-one speech therapy. I had a nanny who spent all day playing turn-taking games with me.

  Temple Grandin

  Mother, Teacher, Giving Up

  "Temple Grandin on her struggles and ‘yak yaks’" by Joan Raymond, www.nbcnews.com. February 02, 2010.

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• Folks know that while I respect Barack Obama and do not cheap-shot the president, I am very skeptical of his big government, nanny-state philosophy.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Philosophy, Government, President

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• Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Daughter, Running

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• Nanny Ogg could see the future in the froth on a beer mug. It invariably showed that she was going to enjoy a refreshing drink which she almost certainly was not going to pay for.

  Terry Pratchett

  Beer, Pay, Drink

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• It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and reject the cynical politics of the Nanny State.

  Rick Perry

  America, People, Cynical

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• I certainly didn't have a nanny.

  Laura Linney

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• It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.

  Kate Winslet

  Children, People, Community

  "Kate Best at 30". Cosmopolitain Interview, www.cosmopolitan.com. June 08, 2009.

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• I hate the endless admonishments of a nanny state that lives in fear of its lawyers. While colonies of dim-witted traffic wardens swarm about looking for minor parking infringements, nobody seems to notice that our very social fabric is falling apart.

  Christopher Fowler

  Hate, Fall, Fabric

  Christopher Fowler (2010). “The Victoria Vanishes: (Bryant and May Book 6)”, p.248, Random House

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• Simply because the nanny-state wants to hug you doesn't mean it's not tyrannical if you don't want to be hugged.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Mean, Hug, Want

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• Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.

  Thalia

  Mom, Children, Responsibility

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• I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.

  Tionne Watkins

  Baby, Want, Strange

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• Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

  Jason Gann

  Dog, Kids, Responsibility

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My parents were very well-off, but we didn't have a crazy-huge house. We didn't have thousands of workers and staff; it was just my mum doing the majority of the housework. We didn't have nannies. I wasn't brought up in any sort of extravagant way.

  Petra Stunt

  Crazy, Parent, House

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• In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear.

  Sophie Ellis Bextor

  Hands, Icons, Grease

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• I lived in Beverly Hills for years. I always had a line, “I hate the rich.” From what I witnessed after living there for 15 years, these people just don’t raise their kids. I used to see the lineup of cars in front of the schools and it was all the nannies.

  Andrew Dice Clay

  Hate, School, Kids

  "Andrew Dice Clay On ‘Indestructible,’ His Comeback And Why He Hates Internet Porn". Interview with Ross Luippold, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 26, 2012.

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• I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Jobs, New Orleans, Phones

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• Once you accept you're a child in the government nursery, why shouldn't Nanny tell you what to do?

  Mark Steyn

  Children, Government, Nursery

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