Humorous Quotes

"Mrs. Lynde says that sound doctrine in the man and good housekeeping in the woman make an ideal combination for a minister's family." ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully. "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is." ~ Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery "Pshaw, my dear fellow, what do the public, the great unobservant public, who could hardly tell a weaver by his tooth or a compositor by his left thumb, care about the finer shades of analysis and deduction!" ~ The Adventure of the Copper Beeches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "It's grand, and you canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable." ~ The Little Minister by James M. Barrie "I don't deny that an odd man here and there, if he's caught young and trained up proper, and if his mother has spanked him well beforehand, may turn out a decent being." ~ Anne's House of Dreams by Lucy Maud Montgomery "The twins no longer derive their sustenance from Nature's founts - in short," said Mr. Micawber, in one of his bursts of confidence, "they are weaned . . ." ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens "Oh!" said my aunt, "I was not aware at first to whom I had the pleasure of objecting." ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens "Peggotty!" repeated Miss Betsey, with some indignation. "Do you mean to say, child, that any human being has gone into a Christian church, and got herself named Peggotty?" ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens "I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is -- the enormous prosperity of Fools." ~ No Name by Wilkie Collins "I am not against hasty marriages where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income." ~ No Name by Wilkie Collins