People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit.

About This Quote

This quote is often misattributed to Mark Twain, who said it in response to a woman who began a sentence with “Personally, I don’t like ___________,” but it actually comes from S. E. Hinton’s 1972 novel The Outsiders (page 130).

Source: Death In The Stocks

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More Quotes By Georgette Heyer

1. You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!

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2. My house seems remarkably full of people, " he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.

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3. You will like her, " he persisted. "Egad, she's after your own heart, maman! She shot me in the arm."" Voyons, do you think that is what I like?

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4. I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire-- I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.

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5. If it comes to that, " retorted Frederica, with spirit, " I am continually shocked by the things you don't scruple to say to me, cousin! You are quite abominable! " He sighed. "Alas, I know it! The reflection gives me sleepless nights.

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