Butlers Quotes

• 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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• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal.

  Winston Churchill

  Dog, Dining, Meals

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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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• 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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• 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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• I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Husband, Wind, Waiting

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone With The Wind: American Literature”, p.801, 谷月社

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• Take my handkerchief, Scarlett. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Wind, Crisis, Handkerchiefs

  Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.673, Hamilton Books

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• If I said I was madly in love with you, I'd be lying and what's more, you'd know it.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Lying, Love You, Wind

  "Gone with the Wind".

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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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• The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

  Samuel Butler

  Dog, Humorous, Animal

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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• I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn't something left in life of charm and grace.

  Margaret Mitchell

  Grace, Want, Charm

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

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• A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

  Samuel Butler

  Funny, Crazy, Silly

  Life and Habit ch. 8 (1877)

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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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