#shabby

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#company #curate #drawing #dukes #feel

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#company #curate #dukes #feel #find

The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance. ↗

— Sid Vicious

#appearance #band #bear #because #broke

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#like #neglected #shabby #truth

A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one. ↗

— Willa Cather

#how #like #matter #new #old

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe. ↗

— Phil Collins

#places #pretty #shabby #some #stayed

It would be pretty shabby to appear flippant around a documentary that's about how much I love my fans. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#appear #around #documentary #fans #how

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen. ↗

— Willa Cather

#hangs #lies #long #old #shabby