Poncing Quotes

#1. He didn't want to be like some old-fashioned imperialist missionary, poncing about like Moses in a safari suit, capitalizing on a misconception that he was from the same tribe as Jesus and that God was an Englishman.

Michel Faber

#2. Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics.

Sloane Crosley

#3. He who has not been a stubborn accuser in prosperity should hold his peace in the face of ruin.

Victor Hugo

#4. Surely there are enough Celtic songs without introducing religion or politics or anything else.

Jock Stein

#5. Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn't dare let them escape, in case they blew you wide open?

Ellen Hopkins

#6. I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.

Fred Astaire

#7. [William Eggleston] sets forth what makes up our ordinary world. What is there, however strange, can be accepted without question; familiarity will be what overwhelms us.

Eudora Welty