All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.
Evelyn WaughMoney is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost.
Evelyn WaughFree as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel.
Evelyn WaughA typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.
Evelyn WaughIf, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.
Evelyn Waugh