Mae Crawford Quotes

The girl might have an unsettling crying problem, but she was pure steel. ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

Mae's first impulse was to die of shame, but she realized after a hot, stomach-clenching moment that this was probably impractical. ~ Sarah Rees Brennan

Send me flowers while I'm alive. They won't do me a damn bit of good after I'm dead. ~ Joan Crawford

I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s ... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth. They had such glamour and style. I loved the movies of those times too - so much attention paid to details, lights, clothing, the way the studios would develop talent. ~ Grace Jones

When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ~ Mae West

Wanted you since before I knew you",he said softly. "You think I knit for just anyone? ~ Amy Lane

I escaped from an interview with that laboratory-loving doctor, Ag O. Nee, just barely by the shadow of my Nosey nose! ~ I.B. Nosey

You can t coast uphill. ~ Roger Crawford

People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be. ~ Bill Crawford

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Talent is nothing without persistence. ~ Dean Crawford

My back slams against the oven door, and I cover my face and cry. I cry so hard I can't breathe. ~ Cassie Mae

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else. ~ Carl Crawford

The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Being on a movie set when you have a great strong people there supporting you can be very nurturing. You get to explore these creative parts of yourself as a child that most people don't explore until they're in college. ~ Mae Whitman

To a man, first love is a victory, to a girl it is a sweet wonder, and a joy, and a tender longing, all in one ~ F. Marion Crawford

Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them. ~ Mae West

Mindy runs to the DVD player and delicately places the disk in the holder and presses play. "Will you sit in this chair, please, Princess Mindy?" I ask, bowing deeply at the waist.
Mindy giggles as she replies, "I guess so."
After Mindy sits down, I take a wide-tooth comb and start gently combing out her tangles.
Mindy starts vibrating with excitement as she blurts, "Mr. Jeff, you're gonna fix my hair fancy, ain't you?"
"We'll see if a certain Princess can hold still long enough for me to finish," I tease. Immediately, Mindy becomes as still as a stone statue. After a couple of minutes, I have to say, "Mindy, sweetheart, it's okay to breathe. I just can't have you bouncing, because I'm afraid it will cause me to pull your hair."
Mindy slumps down in her chair just slightly. "Okay Mr. Jeff, I was ascared you was gonna stop," she whispers, her chin quivering.
I adopt a very fake, very over-the-top French accent and say, "Oh no, Monsieur Jeff must complete Princess Mindy's look to make the Kingdom happy.
Mindy erupts with the first belly laugh I've heard all day as she responds, "Okay, I'll try to be still, but it's hard 'cause I have the wiggles real bad."
I pat her on the shoulder and chuckle as I say, "Just try your best, sweetheart. That's all anyone can ask."
Kiera comes screeching around the corner in a blur, plunks her purse on the table, and says breathlessly, "Geez-O-Pete, I can't believe I'm late for the makeover. I ~ Mary Crawford

March isn't the only thing that's in like a lion and out like a lamb. ~ Mae West

Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again. ~ Bill Crawford

You're real pretty. Got good strong thighs. And you've got oral skills most men would kill for." Now everyone turned and looked at Sissy Mae. "That's lovely, Sissy," Marty sighed out. "I was only complimenting her." "Compliments like that create hookers. ~ Anonymous

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career. ~ Tyra Banks

To find the true cause of how you think and feel, find the 'sponsoring thought' that created the interpretation that created your experience of life. ~ Bill Crawford

I emerged in that incredible moment in the 1980s when all kinds of social questions about subjectivity and objectivity, about who was making, who was looking. ~ Carrie Mae Weems

Sensitive husbands don't like second billing. ~ Joan Crawford

How'd you sleep?"
"Like I was in paradise."
"I have no problems with you calling my body paradise. Do me a favor and spread the word. Chicks love that shit. ~ Cassie Mae

Arrested for the second, whether in admiration for Lord d'Aubigny's inventiveness or in a kind of silent snort of hysteria at the prodigies expected of him - a condition, O'LiamRoe recognized, to which Lymond was all too prone - Francis Crawford was off guard for the one moment that mattered. ~ Dorothy Dunnett

He never forgot about you, Mae. Growing up, I watched him sign to Ky about you all the time, his chick with the wolf eyes. The chick behind the fence, the chick he kissed. It was constant. His precious number three, whatever he meant. ~ Tillie Cole

Course I didn't want to be a doctor. I was going to be president only I kept it secret. ~ Rita Mae Brown

When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was. ~ Broderick Crawford

Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life. ~ Rita Mae Brown

Good evening, ladies. The gentlemen now entering behind you are all fully armed. I am Francis Crawford of Lymond and I want your lives or your jewels -- the latter for preference; both if necessary. ~ Dorothy Dunnett

to Reacher's desk. It said Gunshot victim previously reported was LTC Caroline C. Crawford. DOA inside POV ~ Lee Child

I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked. ~ Mae West

I just want to become a great leadoff hitter. ~ Carl Crawford

Don't leave your life a blank page. Make each word count and leave behind something worth reading. ~ Mae East

I never loved another person the way I loved myself. ~ Mae West

Photography can still be used to champion activism and change. I believe this, even while standing in the cool winds of postmodernism ... Postmodernism looked radical, but it wasn't. As a movement it was profoundly liberal and became a victim of itself. Precisely at this historical moment, when multicultural democracy is the order of the day, photography can be used as a powerful weapon toward instituting political and cultural change. I for one will continue to work toward this end. ~ Carrie Mae Weems

but the idea of paying someone an hourly rate to use his studio to work on songs for his album, for which you wouldn't receive royalties, is absurd. ~ Byron Crawford

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls. ~ Rita Mae Brown

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it. ~ Mae Jemison

Looks like they might cancel school on Monday. Woot!
Information like this coming from Lucy is generally pretty reliable, since she happens to live right next door to Mrs. Crawford, the principal of Magnolia Branch High.
Yay, I can sit home and watch more Weather Channel! I text back.
This is an intervention--step away from the TV! NOW!
I laugh aloud at that. It's such a typical Lucy-like thing to say.
My mom's worried about you. Wants you to pack up and come over here.
Can't. But Ryder's coming over if the storm gets bad.
Lucy's next text is just a line of googly eyes.
Not funny, I type, even though it kind of us.
You two can plan your wedding menu. Choose your linens. Stuff like that, she texts, followed by a smiley face.
I gaze at my phone with a frown. Also not funny. ~ Kristi Cook

I married someone whom I was close friends with first. I think that was a really good move. ~ Cindy Crawford

The most successful form of correction is when the "other" feels informed versus chastised. ~ Bill Crawford

The government-sponsored institution Fannie Mae, when I look at its risks, seems to be sitting on a barrel of dynamite, vulnerable to the slightest hiccup. But not to worry: their large staff of scientists deemed these events "unlikely." ~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb

To save our friends' nerves, I suggest we meet on a plane of brutal courtesy. It need not interfere with our mutual distrust.
-Francis Crawford of Lymond ~ Dorothy Dunnett

My girl.
My Lexie.
My best friend. ~ Cassie Mae

Byron had drawn his pistol, and was looking closely at the leaves and dirt around him, as if he'd dropped something. "It's
do keep calm now
it's right over your head. I suppose you could look, if you can do it slowly."
Crawford felt drops of sweat run down his ribs under his shirt as he slowly forced the muscles of his neck to tilt his head up; he saw the upper slope, bristling with trees that obstructed a view of the road, and then he saw the outer branches of the tree he was braced against, and finally he gathered his tattered courage and looked straight up.
And it took all of his self-control not to recoil or scream, and he was distantly resentful that he couldn't just die in this instant. ~ Tim Powers