Famous Quotes & Sayings

Martha Wainwright

I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Women find it far more difficult to overcome their inclination to coquetry than to overcome their love.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

All women seem by nature to be coquettes.

Henry Fielding

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

John Dryden

New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break.

Guy de Maupassant

You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Tis a sort of coquetry to boast that we never coquet.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.

Douglas William Jerrold

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Alphonse de Lamartine

The most effective coquetry is innocence.

Thomas Hood

Coquetry is the champagne of love.

Coco Chanel

Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses.

Coco Chanel

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

David Axelrod

Our party is - we don't have the problems that the other party has. We're not divided. We don't have to worry about, you know, what people are saying on the side or about their affection for the president or - we don't have those problems and we don't have the reinvention convention.

David Axelrod

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration.

Ingrid Seward

When I got a call earlier this morning, I was completely astounded. The fact that it is happening, and that it is happening that quickly is the surprising element here. Charles has always had a strong affection for her. He did love Diana but perhaps in a different way than he loved Camilla. It wasn't such an enduring love.

Mary Shelley

And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words, which found no true echo in my heart.

Katherine Center

I have an affection for tangible objects, like books and pages, but people sure do seem to love their Kindles! We're definitely in the middle of a revolution that will determine how people find, read, and experience stories.

Yuvraj Singh

I have been in love, and it was a great feeling. It's when you are attracted to and feel affection for someone. You want to do things for that person. But only love isn't enough in a relationship - understanding and communication are very important aspects.

Louis D. Brandeis

However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.

Mark Hamill

At the last Celebration I spoke before an auditorium full of people and I could just feel the affection and the positive feelings that they were exuding. It was actually moving. I remember thinking, 'I'm not worthy,' because 'Star Wars' is so much bigger than all of us.

Cesar Millan

We have to use exercise, discipline and affection every day. Most of the time people share affection, affection, affection, and that creates frustration. In a powerful breed, that's going to lead him into aggression. So exercise and discipline play a big role in balance.