Lady Violet famous quotes

First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel.
-- Lady Violet

#Telephones #Firsts #Sometimes

No family is ever what it seems from the outside.
-- Lady Violet

#Seems

Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party.
-- Lady Violet

#Prayer #Party #Awkward

Everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.
-- Lady Violet

#Stories #Half #Half The Story

It's the job of grandmothers to interfere.
-- Lady Violet

#Jobs #Grandmother #Interfere

If I were to search for logic, I would not look for it among the English upper class.
-- Lady Violet

#Class #Looks #Logic

There's nothing simpler than avoiding people you don't like. Avoiding one's friends, that's the real test.
-- Lady Violet

#Real #People #Tests

Love is a far more dangerous motive than dislike.
-- Lady Violet

#Love Is #Dangerous #Motive

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons.

Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times.

If it is mind that we are searching the brain, then we are supposing the brain to be much more than a telephone-exchange. We are supposing it to be a telephone-exchange along with subscribers as well.

Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.

Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.

When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.

Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.

Sometimes healing comes after helping someone that is going through the same trauma you went through. Help yourself by helping others.