Top 100 Quotes About Nancy: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Nancy

#1. A well-trained diplomat is supposed to write French, for example, like an angel, but to speak it with the peculiar gutlessness of a Geneva nancy-boy.

Geoffrey Household

#2. There are also some moving sections about World War II in Anthony Burgess's Any Old Iron, Nora Okja Keller's Comfort Woman, Kit Reed's At War As Children, Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life, Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard, and Nancy Willard's Things Invisible to See.

Nancy Pearl

#3. The Diary of Nancy Grace Part 3 -A Short Story Written by- Starlette Summers

Starlette Summers

#4. I was a Nancy Drew girl. Also Grimms' fairy tales.

Sue Monk Kidd

#5. Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

Alison Bechdel

#6. When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children.

Ann Hood

#7. I am certainly influenced by certain post-structuralist traditions but also a number of other theoretical archives as well - including the brilliant work of Paulo Freire, Zygmunt Bauman, Loic Wacquant, Nancy Fraser, Tony Judt, and others.

Henry Giroux

#8. I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.

Ann Wilson

#9. Before she turned around to face him, she wiped away the tears that had started down her cheeks. Nancy didn't cry much, but when she did, she cried in private.

Carolyn Keene

#10. Nancy is superstitious.

Michael Reagan

#11. Uh-oh," Ranger said. "you been reading those Nancy Drew books again?

Janet Evanovich

#12. I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Robert Penn Warren

#13. It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy."

Bill Watterson

#14. But Nancy is right - Presidents don't have vacations - they just have a change of scenery";

Ronald Reagan

#15. It was left to Nancy and me to pick up the pieces that my brother had become; to resurrect his shrunken spirit and pull his pale tear-stained face from beneath his pillow and give sense to a world that had given him none; he loved, yet he wasn't loved back.

Sarah Winman

#16. She quickly exited the room, hearing the echoes of the mastiff's angered barks fade behind her down the hallway. As she walked, she breathed a quick benediction to the patron saint of sleuthing. "Nancy Drew," she whispered, "be with me now." At

Colin Meloy

#17. And then he said, "Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children?"
"Different woman," said Mr. Nancy. "Same deal.

Neil Gaiman

#18. This was just the way I imagined myself around Nancy Grace
available, yet distant.

Chelsea Handler

#19. Nancy Rue has once more proven that Christianity doesn't necessary arrive in a double-breasted suit or wearing pearls. Sometimes it roars in on a Harley, packing more punch than a three-part sermon.

DiAnn Mills

#20. One of the great changes wrought by the increased public awareness of Alzheimer's - and thank you, Nancy Reagan, you wonderful tough old dame, you - is that people in the early stages of the disease are now speaking out while they still have the capacity to do so.

Charlie Pierce

#21. Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.

P. J. O'Rourke

#22. Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine, here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time. There go the street lights bringing on the night, here come the men faces hidden from the light.

Bob Seger

#23. I love Nancy Drew!

Carolyn Keene

#24. Whether it is Obamacare, the stimulus, Wall Street bailouts, the food safety bill - on vote after vote, Bill Nelson has chosen to side with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and President Obama over the people of Florida.

Adam Hasner

#25. I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him.

Asa Larsson

#26. I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.

Eric Cantor

#27. Hey. It's a material world. And I'm a material girl." Nancy took another swig of rum.

Roy Segal

#28. The world domination plan goal is that I would love Veronica Mars to become a brand like Sherlock Holmes is a brand, like Nancy Drew, in a way, is a brand. When people start listing who are the great fictional detectives, I want Veronica Mars to make that list. That would be the dream scenario.

Rob Thomas

#29. She was afraid to love me," Nancy said. "I never realized it. By keeping her distance, she thought she could protect me. If she didn't love me, maybe I would escape notice. I would survive.

Emilie Richards

#30. I wanted to produce Nancy LaMott's albums, so I created my own record company.

David Friedman

#31. Serenity comes from knowing what you can and can't change, Nancy

Patricia Cornwell

#32. Slowly the reality of the situation sank in. He got his ass kicked, learned nothing, and got saved by a dumb dog and an old lady. If he lived long enough to report to Nancy back in Adrianglia, he would have to gloss over this part.

Ilona Andrews

#33. Nancy writes romantic cookbooks!

Robyn Peterman

#34. Nancy has her vision and she's a formidable force to be reckoned with, and that's similar to most of the male directors I've worked with. The only difference is probably inbetween scenes, gossiping with Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand and Nancy Meyers about who's had Botox and who hasn't.

Amanda Peet

#35. Ah yes, the dreaded one-way system ... He and Nancy had laughed later, imagining Dante redesigning Purgatory into a one-way system offering occasional glimpses of St. Peter and the pearly gates over two separate sets of dividing concrete barriers.

Helen Simonson

#36. I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.

Lisa Scottoline

#37. Oh, for shame! Nancy, have you never seen Florrie's face in a chrysanthemum, or a rose?'
'Never.' I said. 'Though there was a flounder for sale on a fishmonger's barrow, in Whitechapel yesterday, and the likeness was quite uncanny. I very nearly brought it home ...

Sarah Waters

#38. One day she told the class, 'Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that's one definition of a lady.'

Truman Capote

#39. There's only one thing I want."
"And that is?"
"I want to see Kat."
Nancy's smile didn't fade. "And what are you willing to do to accomplish that?"
"Anything," I said without hesitation, and I meant it. "I will do anything, but I want to see Kat first and I want to see her now.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#40. At that exact moment, Nancy Grace, a CNN legal commentator who combines the nuance of a sledgehammer with the social graces of a harpy..

Charles P. Pierce

#41. Who do I look like, Nancy freaking Drew?

Laurie Faria Stolarz

#42. I'm the gangsta Nancy Sinatra.

Lana Del Rey

#43. Nancy's last sentence is on the last page in your file. There is nothing more we know. As the sheriff might say, we don't have anything farther.

Karin Slaughter

#44. Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.

Winston S. Churchill

#45. You know, if Nancy Davis hadn't come along when she did, I would have lost my soul.

Ronald Reagan

#46. It's funny, we started writing chick-lit when it was just becoming a crowded marketplace, and now the same thing is happening with YA. It really used to just be one shelf at the library - Nancy Drew and Judy Blume.

Emma McLaughlin

#47. Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

Barbara Bush

#48. Val had a horrific image of Lisa peering through a magnifying glass like a grotesquely teenybopper version of Nancy Drew - in jeggings.

Nenia Campbell

#49. When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening ... I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books.

Kathleen Norris

#50. When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.

Ralph Hall

#51. She say guilt is a useless emotion."
"Oh, please," says Nancy. "Guilt is what separates humans from animals.

Anna Quindlen

#52. Nancy was so thrilled, I thought she was going to kiss me - and I thought I was actually going to have to hit a chick.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#53. One of the things I give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credit for is that she's able to get things passed and hold her members together because she shows us that she's doing everything possible to get our views into these bills.

Peter Welch

#54. Good. But why written in three styles of script?" To which Nancy had replied: "Because I'm not grown-up enough to be one person with one kind of signature.

Truman Capote

#55. The Democrats cannot find Romney fingerprints on what's happening to this country. Every fingerprint is Barack Obama's, Joe Biden's, Nancy Pelosi's, Harry Reid's, Barney Frank's, you name it, Eric Holder.

Rush Limbaugh

#56. A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it.

Ted Cruz

#57. We are not passive recipients but active participants in our own process of perception" (Nancy Kanwisher)

Jeffrey M. Schwartz

#58. Nancy Cartwright here in this School has written the funniest paper on scientific method ever, by taking the average advice from all the books about scientific method, and they are extreme banalities

Bruno Latour

#59. Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!"
"Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.

Carolyn Keene

#60. Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan have a lot in common - they're both smarter than their husbands and both consulted the stars for guidance, Nancy with astrology and Hillary with Barbra Streisand.

Bill Maher

#61. As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the great female vocalists, and I am very fond of the late cabaret singer Nancy Lamott.

Laura Lippman

#62. We'll never speak of 'last times,' Gilly, or where would any of us be? We'll always think of 'next' times. I shall trust Nancy next time, and next time and next time, and keep on trusting till I can trust her forever!

Kate Douglas Wiggin

#63. Their eyes met, and Nancy felt a charge pass between them, like a small electric shock. Hold it, she warned herself. Since when do you respond to anyone other than Ned Nickerson?

Carolyn Keene

#64. In between the Queen and the First Lady, Nancy Reagan, sat Tony Richardson, looking very calm. Later on it emerged that this was because, having not been apprised of the placement until he was about to sit down, he had died of fright. To have expired was to be fortunate.

Clive James

#65. Nancy drove to Twin Elms as fast as the law allowed.

Carolyn Keene

#66. Continued pain is a signal to the body that there's something wrong, not right.
Lucy Scarborough
Nancy Werlin

Nancy Werlin

#67. I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.

Gail Collins

#68. Ulick Norman Owen - Una Nancy Owen - each time, that is to say, U. N. Owen. Or by a slight stretch of fancy, UNKNOWN!

Agatha Christie

#69. After almost 50 years in which federal spending averaged about 20 percent of GDP, Joe Sestak and Nancy Pelosi took federal spending to 25 percent. You know, that's a 25 percent increase in the size of the government overnight. That's what we - that's what we've got to rein in.

Pat Toomey

#70. In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision.

Karl Rove

#71. CHAPTER XLIV THE TIME ARRIVES, FOR NANCY TO REDEEM HER PLEDGE TO ROSE MAYLIE. SHE FAILS

Charles Dickens

#72. I could write an entirely new book about Andy Warhol, but I don't think I will. I certainly don't think Nancy Reagan would like that, as she's been patiently waiting for Volume 2 of my chronicle of the life of her and Ronnie.

Bob Colacello

#73. I want to remind the viewers that people like Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement which is actually full of anarchists.

Katie Pavlich

#74. Dear Nancy,
I love your book The Crystal Navigator. You paint beautiful imagery throughout the pages of the story, and I loved learning about art through the adventures of Lucy. I'm honored to be one of the first readers of your wonderful story,
Sincerely,
Sylvie" (11 years old)

Sylvie

#75. When Lasseter got his next paycheck, it contained a small bonus. "You have to use this to buy a new car," Steve told him. "It has to be safe, and I have to approve it." John and Nancy picked out a Volvo, and Steve approved.

Brent Schlender

#76. While countless Americans are pulling together to lend a helping hand, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are pointing fingers in a shameless effort to tear us apart.

Ken Mehlman

#77. Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'Half an hour ago it was,' he replied.

Nigel Rees

#78. I read mysteries like Nancy Drew and Alfred Hitchcock, and I swim and I ride my motorbike.

Heather O'Rourke

#79. He is himself again, more himself than at any time on this Earth. Nancy Reagan on her husband

Bill O'Reilly

#80. Nancy tsked softly, and I added her to my Going to Die Painfully list.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#81. I think that being read to every night is the reason why I was plowing through volume after volume of 'Nancy Drew' books all by myself by the time I reached the first grade. I loved stories. I loved the escape. I had a vivid imagination.

Rachel Nichols

#82. 1,2,3, I'm at the Chelsey Hotel, like, Sid and Nancy, with knife, and two grams of candy

Yelawolf

#83. A low, silver sports car roared past at high speed, missing them by inches. Nancy glimpsed the man at the wheel long enough to register his dark mustache and the pipe clenched in his teeth. "What a menace," George said, shaking her head in disgust. Nancy

Carolyn Keene

#84. Members of the Senate are considering a tax on cosmetic surgery. When they brought it up, you should have seen the look that Nancy Pelosi's face tried to make.

Conan O'Brien

#85. Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.

Bill Griffith

#86. Everything comes to light, Nancy, sooner or later. When God Almighty wills it, our secrets are found out.

George Eliot

#87. Nancy, you're a whiz, as I've often told you, her friend declared.

Carolyn Keene

#88. When the lights suddenly go out, hold onto your diamonds for dear life. - Nancy Drew, The Mystery of Lilac Inn

Carolyn Keene

#89. The Autobiography of the Woman the Gestapo Called "The White Mouse" by Nancy Wake (Sun

Kathryn J. Atwood

#90. Well, if Democratic members in the House elect Nancy Pelosi as their leader, it's almost as if they just didn't get the message from the voters this election. I mean, the voters outright rejected the agenda that she's been about. And here they're going to put her back in charge.

Eric Cantor

#91. Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady.

Truman Capote

#92. I never thought I'd miss Nancy Reagan. There can't be a rating [on the Clinton drug policy] when there hasn't been a performance.

Charles Rangel

#93. I have a hunch from reading about old passageways that there may be one or more rooms off this tunnel, Nancy told Captain Rossland.

Carolyn Keene

#94. Nancy Astor: "Winston, you are a drunk!"
Winston Churchill: "And you, madam, are ugly. But I shall be sober in the morning."
(Reported exchange will Winston Churchill.

Nancy Astor The Viscountess Astor

#95. Sybil and Nancy leaned over to catch a glimpse of the sun sparkling on the muddy waters of the River Plate. The skyscrapers stood proudly in clumps and Sybil assumed that the patches of green were parks. In no time the plane was screeching to a halt and they had arrived in Buenos Aires.

Phyllis Goodwin