Edith Sitwell Quotes

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

Edith Sitwell

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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

Ovid
- May
- Ability
- Will
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.

Lamar S. Smith
The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.

Caity Lotz
- Best
- Blonde
- Common Sense
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.

B. B. King
- People
- Long
- Society
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.

Barry Goldwater
- War
- Look
- Month
I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.

Campbell Scott
- People
- Hate
- Actor