#old

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#old #short #words

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. ↗

— John le Carre

#book #completely #end #father #grew

Most men, no matter how well or badly dressed, carry overstuffed, beat up wallets that should have been replaced years ago. Why is that? Every time I see a guy take out a wallet anywhere, it looks like a piece of old melted chocolate cake-with strings. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#anywhere #badly #beat #been #carry

I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they were 2, and they have no one to hold accountable. And unfortunately, I don't have that. I have parents who I care about what they think. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#accident #accountable #car #car accident #care

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. ↗

— Angela Carter

#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor

I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it. ↗

— Sherilyn Fenn

#big #big star #game #go #hollywood

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention. ↗

— Deana Carter

#coming #could #either #guy #his

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#being #cease #death #delightful #drowning

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#hold #temper #weapon

I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#been #get #had #honest #horrible