Duchess of Bedford

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

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

    “If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”
    Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    The only thing that was dispensed free to the old New Bedford whalemen was a Bible. A well-known owner of one of that city’s whaling fleets once described the Bible as the best cheap investment a shipowner could make.
    —For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)