Figure

Famous quotes containing the word figure:

    But, alas, to make me
    A fixèd figure for the time of scorn
    To point his slow unmoving finger at!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
    Ethel Barrymore (1897–1959)

    I guess you know, Bob, that if I see you again, I’m just going to start shooting and figure it’s self-defense.
    David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman)