Grand Duke Paul

Famous quotes containing the words grand, duke and/or paul:

    “What do you do in the Grand Hotel? Eat, sleep, loaf around, flirt a little, dance a little. A hundred doors leading to one hall. No one knows anything about the person next to them. And when you leave, someone occupies your room, lies in your bed. That’s the end.”
    —William A. Drake (1900–1965)

    “Hume’s doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot; the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Paul: You have a great body.
    Kiki: Yes. Not a lot of scars.”
    —Joseph Minion, U.S. screenwriter, and Martin Scorsese. Paul (Griffin Dunne)