Butlers Quotes

• Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.

  W. C. Fields

  Feet, House, Littles

  W. C. Fields (1970). “I Never Met a Kid I Liked”

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• I enjoy having breakfast in bed. I like waking up to the smell of bacon, sue me. And since I don't have a butler, I have to do it myself. So, most nights before I go to bed, I will lay six strips of bacon out on my George Foreman grill. Then I go to sleep. When I wake up, I plug in the grill. I go back to sleep again. Then I wake up to the smell of crackling bacon. It is delicious, it's good for me, it's the perfect way to start the day.

  Steve Carell

  Sleep, Night, Smell

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• I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

  Judith Butler

  Safety, Feminism, Poverty

  Udi Aloni, Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler (2011). “What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters”, p.205, Columbia University Press

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• A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

  Samuel Butler

  Wall, Science, Ideas

  'Notebooks' (1912) ch. 14

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• All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

  Samuel Butler

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 1

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• Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.

  Judith Butler

  Facts, Kind, Imitation

  "Inside/out: Lesbian Theories, Gay Theories". Book edited by Diana Fuss, 1991.

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• The common error today is to bring God so close that we strip Him of His "godness." We think we have him figured out. So God becomes our pal, our buddy, our Divine Butler." from "Dug Down Deep

  Joshua Harris

  Thinking, Errors, Pals

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• I was so raw I didn't know about the Lambeau Leap-a Packer player celebrates catching a touchdown by leaping into the stands. It was started by Leroy Butler years before and has been copied by players all over the league. Don't be fooled, though. The only legitimate Lambeau Leap is celebrated by a Packer at Lambeau Field.

  Donald Driver

  Player, Years, League

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• I was particularly stunned by the casting of Cruise, who is no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler.

  Anne Rice

  Movie, Vampire, Casting

  "A Look Inside Hollywood and the Movies : Interview With the Vampire's Picky Creator". Interview with Elaine Dutka, articles.latimes.com. August 22, 1993.

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Courage, Wind, Gone

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", www.imdb.com. 1939.

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• As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

  Calvin Trillin

  Inspirational, Writing, Sound

  Calvin Trillin (1988). “If you can't say something nice”, Penguin Group USA

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• When I was starting to write, the great influence was T.S. Eliot and after that William Butler Yeats.

  Howard Nemerov

  Writing, Literature, Yeats

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• Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.

  Sarah Zettel

  Brilliant, Courses, Disturbing

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• When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.

  Winston Churchill

  Ladybugs, Killing, Asks

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• It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Hero, Reason, Said

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• I would love a robot butler.

  Brett Ratner

  Robots

  "Brett Ratner: 'The iPhone is a toy'". Interview with Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2010.

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• It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Real, Giving, Gold

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• You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler

  Margaret Mitchell

  Sorry, Wind, Jail

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• Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.

  Eric Stoltz

  Running, Kids, Our World

  "Eric Stoltz: 'I felt really great after I lost my mobile phone'". Interview with Stuart O'Connor, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2011.

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• Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband).

  James Thurber

  Husband, Men, Bed

  James Thurber (1990). “Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself”

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• It is tact that is golden, not silence.

  Samuel Butler

  Silence, Golden, Programming

  Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.43, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Romantic, Best Love, Kissing

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.195, Hamilton Books

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• Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

  Samuel Butler

  Inspirational, Moving, Religion

  Samuel Butler (2013). “Erewhon Revisited”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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• An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, God, Im Sorry

  Notebooks ch. 14 (1912)

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