John Bartlett famous quotes

An antique is anything old with class.
-- John Bartlett

#Class #Antiques

Reservation should be under 'Bartlett.' Right, that's two T's. Yes. 'Bart-let-et.'
-- John Bartlett

#Two #Should #Reservations

Oh, nice one, honey. Yes. Clever. That's becoming quite a familiar quotation in its own right, isn't it? Maybe I should just add it to the next edition. 'Mother was right.' Author: Mrs. Bartlett, world-renowned nag. Year: 1859. Attribution: A short play entitled Every Goddamn Weekend!
-- John Bartlett

#Mother #Clever #Nice

To resist him that is set in authority is evil
-- John Bartlett

#Evil #Authority

Being offended is a choice. I believe that. You don't have - you don't hear a word and you have to be offended.
-- John Bartlett

#Believe #Choices #I Believe

You have the right to be offended or not to be offended.
-- John Bartlett

#Offended

I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.

Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.

The difference between a gourmet and a gourmand we take to be this: a gourmet is he who selects, for his nice and learned delectation, the most choice delicacies, prepared in the most scientific manner; whereas the gourmand bears a closer analogy to that class of great eaters ill-naturedly (we dare say) denominated, or classed with, aldermen.

I hold that if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands, and if he had ever made another class that he intended should do all the work and none of the eating, he would have made them without mouths and with all hands.

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

My favourite finds are often antique pieces with a history.

She's a hypnotist collector; you are a walking antique...

I collect antiques. Why? Because they're beautiful.

Antique things have an appreciation and worth. Something can be old, but it can be timeless; therefore, it becomes an antique. If this antique is preserved and deemed precious, it could be passed down as a family heirloom.

This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world.