Elizabeth Armistead/statesman%E2%80%99s Respected Widow

Famous quotes containing the words elizabeth, respected and/or widow:

    An intentional object is given by a word or a phrase which gives a description under which.
    —Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (b. 1919)

    Known commonly as the jackass, this long-eared little creature is respected throughout the southwest—roundly cursed yet respected—and here he is usually referred to by his Spanish name, burro. Because of his extraordinary bray, he is sometimes ironically called the “Arizona Nightingale.”
    —Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    I love sitting on your lap. I could sit here all day if you didn’t stand up.
    S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Horsefeathers, a wisecrack made while wooing Connie, the college widow (Thelma Todd)