Famous quotes containing the word figure:
“A beautiful person among the Greeks, was thought to betray by this sign some secret favor of the immortal gods; and we can pardon pride, when a woman possesses such a figure that wherever she stands, or moves, or leaves a shadow on the wall, or sits for a portrait to the artist, she confers a favor on the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends boyfriendsand he accepts it.”
—Larry McMurtry (b. 1936)
“When you cant figure out what to do, its time for a nap.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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