#victoria

My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#dress #family #full #great-grandfather #incredibly

We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary. ↗

— Ken Follett

#dramatic #felt #free #long #next

I must say to you that my intensions for instance doing German, it is because Victoria de los Angeles is nothing to do with wanting to be like a German singer. ↗

— Victoria de los Angeles

#because #doing #german #i #instance

We drink VB, Victoria Bitter, which is way better. ↗

— Brody Armstrong

#bitter #drink #victoria #way #which

I remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach. ↗

— Jo Brand

#come #different #great #i #i remember

Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times. I'm pale and sickly-looking. I look fragile-like a doll. But sometimes I just wish I had less of a particular look, one that was more versatile. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#am #calling #doll #edwardian #features

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#copied #england #states #straight #united

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#asterisks #baby #certain #era #followed

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#exquisite #i #lead #life #surrounded

Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret. ↗