Allowance famous quotes

Because the rhythm of conversation makes no allowance for dead periods, because the presence of others calls for continuous responses, we are left to regret the inanity of what we say, and the missed opportunity of what we do not.
-- Alain de Botton

#Regret #Opportunity #Allowance

She tried to allow herself only one biting remark an hour, and she had already overstepped her allowance.
-- Anne Stuart

#Biting #Hours #Allowance

I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.
-- Callan McAuliffe

#House #Swagger #Allowance

I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
-- Christie Hefner

#Thinking #House #Allowance

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.
-- Graeme Simsion

#Allowance #Accommodations #Persons

You're English," he said. "And I will therefore make certain allowances for you. I realize you don't understand you shouldn't argue with me, and so I'll explain it to you. Don't argue with me." Incredulous, she said, "That's it? 'Don't argue with me' is your explanation as to why I shouldn't argue with you?
-- Julie Garwood

#Arguing #Realizing #Allowance

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
-- Juvenal

#Mistake #Youth #Allowance

I don't even get an allowance.
-- Macaulay Culkin

#Money #Allowance

We make allowance for necessity.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Allowance

Don't bite the hand that has your allowance in it.
-- Paul Dickson

#Hands #Advice #Allowance

Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own.
-- Publilius Syrus

#Betrayal #Allowance #Betray

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.
-- Samuel Richardson

#Petulance #Allowance #Made

I like buying clothes, especially as I get a tax-deductible allowance.
-- Wendy Cope

#Clothes #Buying #Allowance

Though small was your allowance, You saved a little store: And those who save a little, Shall get a plenty more.
-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Littles #Stores #Allowance

I've worked really hard. I could go and by a really expensive watch, but I don't. I still have an allowance and I stick to it. I never go over it and I always put a bit of money away to save.
-- Amy Childs

#Watches #Sticks #Allowance

When there's trouble in a family, it tends to show up in the weakest member. And all the other members of the family know that. They make allowances for the one in trouble.
-- Ross Macdonald

#Trouble #Allowance #Members

The recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards.
-- William Proxmire

#Arbitrary #Allowance #Standards