Elizabeth Inchbald Quotes

A man of fashion does not like to be reckoned poor, no more than he likes to be reckoned unhappy. We none of us endeavor to be happy, Sir, but merely to be thought so; and for my part, I had rather be in a state of misery, and envied for my supposed happiness, than in a state of happiness, and pitied for my supposed misery.

Elizabeth Inchbald

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• It's better to be happy than to be well-dressed.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Happy
  • Better
  • Be Happy

• I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • World
  • Good
  • Past

• The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

  

  Zac Posen
  • Different
  • Fashion
  • Body

• I would definitely trade clothes with Lucy Hale. Her fashion sense is right on point, and I feel like she's never afraid to take risks with her clothes.

  

  Olivia Holt
  • She
  • Fashion
  • Clothes

• T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Today
  • Fashion
  • More

• I've seen a couple white girls coming to my concerts wearing head wraps, and I think they look so cute. It's kind of sad to see that people are really into separation, trying to separate everybody and making a clear division of 'us against you,' even with fashion. That sucks. It's not the way the world is supposed to be.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • World
  • Trying

• The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.

  

  W. G. Sebald
  • Mind
  • Happy
  • Question

• I do believe in happy-ever-after.

  

  Tamara Ecclestone
  • Believe
  • Happy

• I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • World
  • Work
  • Man

• It annoys me a little when people try to be positive when I don't play my best. I play to win. I'm like that. I'm like any other player. I'm never happy.

  

  Camilo Villegas
  • People
  • Happy
  • Best

• Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Why
  • Happy
  • Nice

• It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Good
  • Believe
  • True

• I am so happy that I didn't go to school and I didn't have anyone to tell me how to position my fingers on the piano correctly. And what you do with music and what is the correct way to write it and what is not the correct way to write it.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Music
  • School
  • Happy

• I was always the poor kid, even though I very much tried to pretend to be the other way. Always well presented. Always really active in the school, doing fashion shows, plays, involved in every single aspect of the school. Overcompensating, I think, for the fact that I knew I wouldn't be going on the ski trip every January.

  

  FKA twigs
  • School
  • Single
  • Fashion

• I guess I lead a double life, and I must admit I'm happy with both.

  

  Yvonne De Carlo
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Lead

• For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
  • Happy
  • Military
  • Honor

• I'm a fashion designer. I don't want to be defined as someone's girlfriend.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Want
  • Fashion
  • Girlfriend

• I am hopeful that one day I will meet that right man and will have a very happy life partner.

  

  Lara Giddings
  • Life
  • Happy
  • Day

• I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest of the world.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Rest

• I think the downloadable scene in general is really, really interesting for developers because it's low-risk. It doesn't require as much money as a triple-A title. And it's a great proving ground for new IPs, new concepts, new ideas - things that I think I, as a developer, find really attractive.

  

  Kim Swift
  • Great
  • Money
  • Interesting

• Yet did that Antiochus, who was also called Dionysius, become an origin of troubles again.

  

  Flavius Josephus
  • Become
  • Again
  • Origin

• It starts this way: The worth of a job is not defined by what it allows you to do when you're not working.

  

  Marvin Olasky
  • Job

• I really started acting when I was 12 when I was doing this television show called 'Jack & Bobby.'

  

  Logan Lerman

• A man of fashion does not like to be reckoned poor, no more than he likes to be reckoned unhappy. We none of us endeavor to be happy, Sir, but merely to be thought so; and for my part, I had rather be in a state of misery, and envied for my supposed happiness, than in a state of happiness, and pitied for my supposed misery.

  

  Elizabeth Inchbald
  • Happy
  • Fashion
  • Supposed