“To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment”
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
“I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his philosophy he would have been quite willing to dispense with God. But he had to make Him give a fillip to set the world in motion; beyond this, he has no further need of God.”
Blaise Pascal
“Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.”
Calvin Trillin
“To know how to dispense with things is to possess them.”
Jean-Francois Regnard
“Once they are constitutional officers, only the General Assembly may dispense the qualifications for the constitutional officers.”
Allan Wade
“I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.”
C.S. Lewis
“On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.”
Cecil Beaton
