Famous quotes containing the words fine and/or mess:
“... there is nothing so sad as lack of fine manners in a gentleman, except the lack of them in a lady.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)