Jane Austen Quotes

I don't like going out on a date unless I know the broad a little bit beforehand. By the way, 'broad' to me is not a detrimental term for women; it's simply another word for female. Anyway, I don't really go out a whole lot, because there aren't many girls I like to take out and spend a whole evening with - at least not an evening in public.

Men really disgust me if they don't have a nice smile, nice lips and nice teeth...They have too many disgusting habits - like scratching themselves all the time. And it's really weird how guys think that passing gas is the funniest thing in the world. They love to do that thing in front of girls and laugh about it.

People can't help the way they look, just the way they act.

If you ever go bar hopping, who do you want to take with you? You want a slightly uglier version of yourself. Similar ... but slightly uglier.

The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present.

I don't really check out other people's butts.

On the contrary, there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks. And there is something of dignity in the way his trousers cling to those most English parts of him.

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

Air and manners are more expressive than words.

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.

Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].

I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret magick of numbers.

The way you look on the outside has a definite bearing on how you feel and see yourself on the inside.

for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.

That's the one thing that's funny about going from modeling to acting. In modeling, you're supposed to think about what you look like all the time. When you're in front of the camera, if you're not considering that, God knows what the pictures will look like. With acting, you have to completely forget it.

I reckon I am a smart aleck, but it is just a way to pass the time.

Secrets find a way out in sleep . . . It is the place where there is no pretense.

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.

I have friends, and being with them is enough for me. I don't need to do something crazy.

The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.

We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.

This perpetual round of constrained civilities to persons quite indifferent to us, is the most provoking and tiresome thing in theworld, but it is unavoidable in a country town, where everybody is known.... 'Tis a most shocking and unworthy way of spending our precious irrecoverable time, to those who know not its value.

An affected laugh shows lack of self-respect in a man and lewdness in a woman. It is carelessness to go about with one's hands inside the slits in the sides of his hakama.

Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.