Duchess of Berry

Famous quotes containing the words duchess of, duchess and/or berry:

    “Duchess of York. Good madam, be not angry with the child.
    Queen Elizabeth. Pitchers have ears.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “Being a parent is a form of leadership. . . . Parents make a mistake, along with leaders of organizations, when they are unwilling to recognize the power inherent in the positions they occupy and when they are unwilling to use this power. . . . I do not mean a figure who is irrational, autocratic, or sadistic. I mean leaders who have the strength of character to stand up for what they believe.”
    —Abraham Zaleznik. In Support of Families, ed. Michael W. Yogman and T. Berry Brazelton, ch. 8 (1986)