Purses Quotes - Page 7

• Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor; for 'tis the mind that makes the body rich

  William Shakespeare

  Mind, Body, Proud

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer, Charles Symmons (1831). “The dramatic works and poems of William Shakespeare, with notes, original and selected, and introductory remarks to each play”, p.303

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• As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  War, Winning, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Third Class in Indian Railways”, p.48, Cosimo, Inc.

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• My name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I'm a wizard. I work out of an office in midtown Chicago. As far as I know, I'm the only openly practicing professional wizard in the country. You can find me in the yellow pages, under "Wizards." Believe it or not, I'm the only one there. My ad looks like this: HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, Parties, or Other Entertainment You'd be surprised how many people call just to ask me if I'm serious.

  Jim Butcher

  Country, Party, Believe

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.21, Penguin

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• So you questioned him?" Raisa prompted. "What did he say for himself?" "Well, the first thing Gillen does is steal his purse and beat him with a club." Amon said.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Doe, Clubs, Firsts

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• At least, you two have decent manners," says Effie as we're finishing the main course. "The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion." ... My mother taught Prim and me to eat properly, so yes, I can handle a fork and knife. But I hate Effie Trinket's comment so much I make a point of eating the rest of my meal with my fingers. Then I wipe my hands on the tablecloth. This makes her purse her lips tightly together.

  Suzanne Collins

  Mother, Couple, Hate

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• I put the charm bracelet away in the purse and return it to my jewel case. I don't need a spell to foresee the future; I am going to make it happen.

  Philippa Gregory

  Jewels, Needs, Return

  Philippa Gregory (2013). “The Lady of the Rivers”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture. That's what happened with your girlfriend, Paloma- she stooped to pick up her purse and your heart flew out of you.

  Junot Diaz

  Girl, Falling In Love, Heart

  Junot Diaz (2012). “This Is How You Lose Her”, p.88, Faber & Faber

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• you're smart, pretty, and you aren't a douche purse.

  Gena Showalter

  Smart, Douches

  Gena Showalter (2015). “The White Rabbit Chronicles: Alice in Zombieland\Through the Zombie Glass\The Queen of Zombie Hearts”, p.230, Harlequin

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• His mother got her purse. His father reached for the door. "Scooter," he said, by way of good-bye, "have fun with your friends." But Hale was shaking his head. He put his arm around Kat's shoulders. "She's not my friend, Dad. She's my girlfriend." Hale's parents must have walked away, but Kat wasn't looking. She was too busy staring up at Hale, trying to see into his eyes and know if he was okay. The sadness that had lingered for weeks was fading, and the boy that held her was the boy she knew. A boy who kissed her lightly.

  Ally Carter

  Mother, Girlfriend, Fun

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• Somebody who talks about how much they're eating and counts calories is unattractive to me. And when you limit yourself in the things you eat, it affects your mood. I've seen people who are a nightmare to be around because they're not eating. That's why I always have an apple in my purse or a Luna Bar in the glove box in case I get stuck in traffic - I don't even want to be alone in the car with myself if I'm hungry!

  Nina Dobrev

  Beauty, Apples, Car

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• You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. It is unstealable. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.

  Arnold Bennett

  Good Morning, Time, Twenties

  "How to Live on Twenty-four Hours a Day".

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• I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse: borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable.

  William Shakespeare

  Business, Debt, Disease

  'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [268]

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• The world is becoming more affluent. We are generating more and more money - so more spending will go on. In the west, we're opening our purses and moths are flying out - but we've got to remember that, in other markets, this is not an issue.

  Joe Staton

  Business, Issues, Flying

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• Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Workmen, Poor Richard

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

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• Almost everywhere else in Europe, the more military the state, the stronger the king - except in Britain. Here it was parliament, not the monarchy, who signed the cheques. The longer the war went on, the stronger parliament became, as the purse on which it sat grew bigger and bigger.

  Simon Schama

  Kings, Military, War

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• Went to get coffee today-opened my change purse. Sea shells fell out. Barista goes "Sorry, we only take cash or credit." So there's that.

  Taylor Swift

  Sorry, Coffee, Sea

  Twitter post from Jun 23, 2012

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• A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
  [A good bargain is a pick-purse.]

  George Herbert

  Bargains, Picks

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• Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.

  Victor Hugo

  Thinking, Worry, Soul

  Victor Hugo, Charles Edwin Wilbour (1987). “Les misérables”, Dutton Adult

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• Doctor, feel my purse.

  Jane Ace

  Doctors, Feels

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• Self-help books for women are part of a multibillion-dollar industry, sensitively attuned to our insecurities and our purses.

  Harriet Lerner

  Book, Self, Insecurity

  Harriet Goldhor Lerner (1996). “Life preservers: staying afloat in love and life”

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• A good prayer is master of anothers purse.

  George Herbert

  Prayer, Masters, Good Prayer

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.345

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• My grandmother told a story that when they used to leave from Southampton to go into the City, because he had apartment buildings in Queens - I was born in Astoria, Queens - they had apartment buildings in Queens and Manhattan, different businesses, and she wanted to pick blueberries on the side of the road and he wouldn't stop, so my grandma used to throw her purse out the window. She never had less than $4,000 cash, back in the 20s, and he would then stop the car and she would pick blueberries. And, he never had a record.

  Robert Davi

  Queens, Grandma, Grandmother

  "INTERVIEW: Actor Robert Davi On His Frank Sinatra Tribute, His Hamptons Roots, "Davi’s Way" And More". Interview with Nicole Barylski, www.hamptons.com.

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• A drunkards purse is a bottle.

  George Herbert

  Bottles, Drunkards

  George Herbert, Christopher Harvey, George Gilfillan (1857). “The poetical works of George Herbert”, p.296

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• To speak broadly, the troubles of life as we find them are mainly traceable to the heart or the purse.

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Heart, Speak, Trouble

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2015). “Women and Economics - A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution: From the famous American writer, feminist, social reformer and a respected sociologist who holds an important place in feminist fiction, well-known for her stories The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland”, p.19, e-artnow

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• Literary commercialism is lowering the intellectual standard to accommodate the purse and to meet a frivolous demand for amusement instead of for improvement.

  Mary Baker Eddy

  Intellectual, Amusement, Demand

  Mary Baker Eddy (2014). “Science And Health”, p.238, Jazzybee Verlag

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