Spoil Quotes - Page 16

• One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls develop into the spiritless, crystallized beings denominated young ladies.

  Abba Louisa Goold Woolson

  Girl, Regret, School

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• Minds are like oysters. They spoil if you pry them open.

  Willa Gibbs

  Oysters, Mind, Ifs

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• Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects as the spoils of war. Art equaled power, riches and culture.

  Arne Glimcher

  Art, War, Jewels

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• So I think there is one rule every host and hostess ought to keep with the comb and nail file and bicarbonate and aromatic spirits on a handy shelf,
  Which is don't spoil the denouement by telling the guests everything is terrible, but let them have the thrill of finding it out for themselves.

  Ogden Nash

  Thinking, Guests, Nails

  Ogden Nash (1941). “The face is familiar: the selected verse of Ogden Nash”, Garden City publishing company, inc

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• Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil.
  Is not true leisure one with true toil?

  John Sullivan Dwight

  Sweet, Toil, Leisure

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• Making an issue of a little thing is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness.

  Myrtle Reed

  Issues, Littles, Way

  Myrtle Reed (2012). “The Spinster Book”, p.117, tredition

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• The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser canine, that is, anything under a hundredweight.

  Laurie R. King

  Dog, Lasts, Canine

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• Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

  Martin Luther

  Family, Children, Apples

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• Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

  Maya Angelou

  Jealousy, Envy, Romance

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.60, Bantam

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• A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the distraction of reason. He is the brewer's agent, the tavern and alehouse benefactor, the beggar's companion, the constable's trouble, his wife's woe, his children's sorrow, his neighbours scoff, his own shame.

  Thomas Adams

  Children, Wife, Sorrow

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• The rotten apple spoils his companion.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Apples, Rotten, Standards

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.58, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

  Laozi

  Country, Government, Political

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• You may share the labors of the great, but you will not share the spoil.

  Aesop

  Effort, May, Share

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.5, Lulu Press, Inc

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• All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.

  William Penn

  Men, Drunk, Mad

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.28, Courier Corporation

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• I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

  Ron Reagan

  Airplane, Airline Business, Flying

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• Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.

  Pope John XXIII

  Truth, Silence, May

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• Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.

  Isabella Stewart Gardner

  Stories, Telling The Truth, Good Story

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• The politicians of New York as not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practice...if they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.

  William L. Marcy

  New York, Successful, Practice

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• Because I actively enjoy sleeping, dreams, the unexplainable dialogues that take place in my head as I am drifting off, all that, I tell myself that lying down to an afternoon nap that goes on and on through eternity is not something to be concerned about. What spoils this pleasant fancy is the recollection that when people are dead they don't read books. This I find unbearable.

  William Maxwell

  Dream, Lying, Book

  William Maxwell, Christopher Carduff (2008). “Later novels and stories: The château, So long, see you tomorrow, stories and improvisations, 1957-1999”

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• My husband is like, "Oh, thank God we didn't have a boy, because there's this train set that I've always wanted, and these Star Wars spaceships . . ." They say, "Don't spoil your kids," but it's one thing spoiling your kids, it's another thing spoiling yourself.

  Milla Jovovich

  Stars, Husband, War

  Interview with Glenn O'Brien, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 12, 2009.

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• When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.

  Roman Polanski

  Want, Film, Certain

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• I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.

  Alanis Morissette

  Judging, Fame, Intrigue

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• From an over-arching point-of-view, in war there is heroism on both sides. Obviously, the victor gets the spoils, the victor gets to write history, but there's heroism and compassion on both sides, and to me that's very important.

  Russell Crowe

  War, Writing, Compassion

  "The Water Diviner - Russell Crowe interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I mean, you could lie here day after day, if you wanted to, and think about nothing but waterbugs. Not chase waterbugs, mind you, just think about them. You could spend your whole day, every day, just wondering and pondering about waterbugs, and talking to others about waterbugs . . . and before you realized it, you'd be old. One day you'd realize that you'd never actually seen a waterbug . . . but by then you wouldn't want to, because it would spoil all your beautiful ideas.

  Tad Williams

  Beautiful, Lying, Mean

  Tad Williams (2015). “Tailchaser's Song”, p.143, Hachette UK

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• Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Iron, Acting

  "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" translated by Jean Paul Richter, 1888.

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