Professor Lyall Quotes

#1. Ivy returned his direct gaze with a particularly innocent smile. "The great advantage," she said, "of being thought silly, is that people forget and begin to think one might also be foolish. I may, Professor Lyall, be a trifle enthusiastic in my manner and dress, but I am no fool.

Gail Carriger

#2. I Preserve the nonviable embryo in formaldehyde for future study. Lord Maccon has been drinking my samples. When confronted, he admitted to be enjoying both the refreshing beverage and the 'crunchy pickled snack' as well. I was not pleased (Professor Lyall to Madame Lefoux)

Gail Carriger

#3. Professor Lyall said, "His lordship did say something about dealing with an embarrassing family emergency." "Am I not family?" wondered Lady Maccon. To which Lyall muttered under his breath, "And often embarrassing.

Gail Carriger

#4. Oh, Professor Lyall, are you making a funny? It doesn't suit you."
The sandy-haired Beta gave Lady Maccon a dour look. "I am exploring new personality avenues."
"Well, stop it."
"Yes, my lady.

Gail Carriger

#5. Lord Maccon, might we have words on the proper tying of a cravat? For my sanity's sake?
Lord Maccon was nonplussed. Professor Lyall, on the other hand, was pained. "I do what I can." Lord Akeldama looked at him, pity in his eyes. "You are a brave man.

Gail Carriger

#6. Professor Lyall, cursing his Alpha for departing so precipitously, balled up the piece of paper and, after minor consideration for the delicacy of the information it contained, ate it.

Gail Carriger

#7. Lord Macon:"Went for a wee nightly run. Needed peace and quiet. Needed air in my fur. Needed fields under my paws. Needed, oh I canna -hic- explain ... needed the company of hegehogs."
Professor Lyall:"And did you find it?"
Lord Macon:"Find what? No hedgehogs. Stupid hedgehogs.

Gail Carriger

#8. Lord Maccon, being Lord Maccon and good at such things, then changed, right there in the Thames, from dog-paddling wolf to large man treading water. He did so flawlessly, so that his head never went under the water. Professor Lyall suspected him of practicing such maneuvers in the bathtub.

Gail Carriger

#9. Takes a moment to change everything. Savannah glanced at Jane, then smiled at Hunter. "I see you found my car." "It's just the hot rod

Janette Rallison

#10. The Feds can kiss my ass.

Darryl Strawberry

#11. I think there [are] great economies that can be made starting with a round of base closings, ... I want the president to veto these pork-barrel spending bills which have grown to incredible obscene levels. I believe there are a number of weapons systems that have to be eliminated.

John McCain

#12. Biffy said, off the cuff, "Or we could find a replacement queen."
"Volunteering for the position?"
"Why, Professor, is that wittiness I detect?"
"Only for you."
"Charmer." Biffy tapped him on the arm playfully.

Gail Carriger

#13. I say things other people wish they could say. I don't pick on people - I empower them.

Barry Humphries

#14. The minute your group gets so big you don't know anybody in it and they don't know you, there's hell to pay.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#15. I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.

George Benson

#16. There is no doubt that online shopping has fed the craze for speed, because when you can't touch the fabric or try on the outfit, the only emotion you experience is the excitement of the purchase and the thrill of beating everyone else to it.

Suzy Menkes

#17. To find beauty all around you, fill yourself with self-love.

Debasish Mridha

#18. Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man.

Ayn Rand

#19. He dinna act like an Alpha."
"He does in some areas.

Gail Carriger

#20. In the mid-1990s, when Russia was undergoing a construction boom, I entered the real estate development market.

Yelena Baturina

#21. What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market place of any single thing.

Oscar Wilde

#22. When you're playing with only 13 guys, and is on the power play 12 times, that'll wear you down.

Mark Richards