A Quote by George Meredith

I've studied men from my topsy-turvy Close, and I reckon, rather true. Some are fine fellows: some, right scurvy; Most, a dash between the two.

George Meredith

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George Meredith
English - Novelist
February 12, 1828 - May 18, 1909

Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy.

Robert Breault

Things went topsy-turvy when two of my dogs died all of a sudden due to a parvovirus attack.

Anupama Parameswaran

As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy-turvy and ineffective.

Jürgen Moltmann

Suddenly, relationships go topsy-turvy, and guys often don't understand what's going on. I think a lot of men are in that boat.

James Tupper

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William James

You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor. At its best, it is that. But the fact is, most of the actors out there don't earn $3 million a picture and can't afford to take two years off between films and look for the right thing. Most of us are tradesmen.

James Spader

The world is such a blooming topsy-turvy, fragile, bleak place.

Mel Giedroyc

People seem to be looking for discipline in a topsy-turvy world.

Gordon B. Hinckley

The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).

Euripides

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.

Seneca the Younger

Ours is the first society in history in which parents expect to learn from their children, rather than the other way around. Such a topsy-turvy situation has come about at least in part because, unlike the rest of the world, we are an immigrant society, and for immigrants the only hope is in the kids.

Shana Alexander

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

Louisa May Alcott

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

Karl Kraus

Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you; And that cleans up the matter.

Dorothy Parker

Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it is rare to see one by himself; the little woman and the kiddies are usually close at hand.

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