Parthian Shot Quotes

#1. One other thing, Lestrade," he added, turning round at the door: "'Rache,' is the German for 'revenge;' so don't lose your time looking for Miss Rachel." With which Parthian shot he walked away, leaving the two rivals open-mouthed behind him.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#2. Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.

Rachel Cusk

#3. Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.

Charles G. Dawes

#4. If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.

Adam Carolla

#5. I'm not making music for old people or young people. [It's] for everybody that wants to listen to it.

Stromae

#6. What is the meaning of justice when law is used to legalize thievery and murder?

Anne-Marie O'Connor

#7. If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.

William Penn

#8. I think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script.

Natascha McElhone

#9. Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.

Nicola Formichetti

#10. Baby Boomers becoming Republicans while Dems become outdated.

Newt Gingrich

#11. The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent, is this
that it is one to which everybody must consent, or be shot.

Lysander Spooner