Gamp's Quotes

#1. If you ask any ordinary reader which of Dickens's proletarian characters he can remember, the three he is almost certain to mention are Bill Sykes, Sam Weller and Mrs. Gamp. A burglar, a valet and a drunken midwife-not exactly a representative cross-section of the English working class.

George Orwell

#2. I believe that ... every one of God's creatures was created equal. I believe that everyone should be treated equal, that's the way I was raised and that's the way I live my life.

Paula Deen

#3. I've never been sentimental about my horse.
The horse doesn't give a damn about you.
If you want to know the truth - horses are dumb.

Tim McCoy

#4. I needed more knowledge in rigging and knotting. I started collecting books on knots and really learning more and more. That's how it started. And also in magic, of course. With a piece of rope, you can do magic.

Philippe Petit

#5. With a leer of mingled sweetness and slyness; with one eye on the future, one on the bride, and an arch expression in her face, partly spiritual, partly spirituous, and wholly professional and peculiar to her art; Mrs Gamp rummaged in her pocket again [ ... ]

Charles Dickens

#6. There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

Simon Sinek

#7. When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

#8. I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I've read, because he is like a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I'm not a big reader.

Conor McGregor

#9. Yeah, well, food's one of the five exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfigurations, said Ron, to general astonishment.

J.K. Rowling

#10. There are no bad guys, only tragedy.

Shauna Scheets

#11. The Lord is a good banker, and I trust Him. He has never failed me. Why should I be anxious?

Charles Spurgeon