heart:
1. In anatomy, a powerful muscular organ maintaining the circulation of blood in the human body by rhythmic contraction and dilation. 2. In Western civilization, the heart is regarded as the center of feelings and emotions, it measures the capacity for affection .
QUOTES:
(1) The Wizard (Frabk Morgan) to Hickory, the Tin Woodsman (Jack Haley) in The Wizard of Oz
(1939):
-- (a) ' Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable .'
-- (b) ' And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others .'
(2) Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields) proposing marriage to Flower Belle Lee (Mae West) in My Little Chickadee (1940): ' My heart is a bargain today. Will you have me? '
(3) Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in the arms of Rick/Richard Blain (Humphrey Bogart) during the Nazi invasion of Paris in Casablanca (1942): ' Is that cannon fire or is it my heart pounding? '
(4) Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) about Miss Carson who is betraying her boss/lover in Out of the Past (1947): ' Awfuly cold around the heart .'
(5) Joe Grady (Warren Beatty) in The Only Game in Town (1970): ' Which is worse: the heart abused or the heart unused? '
(6) Merlin (Nicol Williamson) in Excalibur (1981): ' You're not listening. Your heart is not. Love is deaf as well as blind .'
(7) Clifford Stern (Woody Allen), a married man , tells his niece Jenny (Jenny Nichols) about his infatuation with Holly Reed (Mia Farrow) in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989): ' My heart says one thing my head says another. It's very hard to get your head and heart together in life . (...) In my case they're not even friendly .'
(8) The Narrator of Last of the Dogmen (1995): ' Wherever they get to, all good stories begin and end in the same place , and that's the heart of a man or a woman .'
(9) Ashley Wilkes (Lesley Howard) to Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) in Gone with the Wind (1939): ' Well, isn't it enough that you've gathered every other man's heart today? You've always had mine. You cut your teeth on it .'
(10) Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) to Hawkeye (Randolph Scott) about how Cora Munro is affecting his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): ' Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water .' Uncas has: ' squaw fever '.
3. The center or soul of something. It also stands for: endurance; essence of; basic of; core; focus; fortitude; foundation; fundamental; gist; gusto; hub ; inspiration (Shakespeare. Henry V : ' Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart, and write! '); interior; kernel; kindness; life ; middle; pivot; pluck ; pump ; root ; seat; soul; spirit; substance; valor.
4. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
-- In Latin: Semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes .
-- François de LaRochefoucault: 'Absence is to love what wind is to fire / It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great .'
-- Rephrased by Molly McGee (Marion Jordan) to Julie Patterson (Lucille Ball) in Look Who's Laughing (1941): ' Absence makes the heart grow fainter .'
5. Affair of the heart , a love-affair ; a romance . SEE ALSO: affair .
6. All heart : (very) generous; giving and kind; magnanimous; friendly ; personable; sociable; tender.
7. At heart :
-- a) in one's inmost (deepest) feelings;
-- b) basically, essentially, fundamentally.
8. At the heart , at the center/core of.
9. Beat like a heart , to beat at a rapid pace; palpitate; pitter-patter; pound ; pulsate; quiver , shiver, throb.
10. Big-hearted / have a big heart , to be charitable, generous, giving and kind, unselfish.
11. Break a person's heart , to overwhelm a person with sorrow; to crush ; devastate; upset.
12. Break ones heart , to smash one's hopes, to crush emotionally with sorrow; to cause or experience severe disappointment or sorrow.
QUOTES:
(1) Wallace Stevens 1879-1955) Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird : ' Beauty more than bitterness / Makes the heart break .'
(2) Hickory, the Tin Woodsman (Jack Haley) in The Wizard of Oz (1939): ' Now I know I've got a heart, because it's breaking .'
(3) Gambler Jerry 'Babe' Stewart (Clark Gable) flirting with librarian Connie Randall (Carole Lombard) in No Man of Her Own (1932): ' What do you do with all the hearts you break? '
13. Bleeding heart , a person who shows extravagant sympathy; one regarded as too sentimental.
14. Change of heart / have a change of heart , reversing ones stand ; a reversal in position or attitude.
15. Chicken heart , a coward.
16. Close to one's heart / near one's heart , dear to one; loved by or important to one.
17. Cross one's heart , to declare under oath; affirm; assert; attest; avow; give one's word; give witness; pledge oneself; state under oath; swear by; swear to God; swear up-and-down ; take an oath.
18. Cruel-hearted / cruelhearted , having a mean disposition; lacking compassion or kindness.
19. Cry from the heart , from the French : cri de coeur , a passionate outcry (as of appeal or protest).
20. Dear to one's heart , dearly loved; beloved .
21. Eat ones heart out :
-- a) to grieve or feel sorrowful over a seemingly hopeless situation; to feel bitter anguish or grief; to deplore;
-- b) to desire intensely; to crave ;
-- c) to be consumed by jealousy/envy;
-- d) to (be forced to) apologize or retract under pressure;
-- e) to fret.
22. Feel one's heart go out to , to feel for; be compassionate; be in sympathy; be there for; be understanding; bleed for; emphathize; go along with; have compassion; identify with; relate to; share another's sorrow; show kindliness; side with.
23. From the heart / from the bottom of one's heart , with complete honesty or sincerity; sincerely; profoundly; candidly; frankly; in all conscience; in all sincerity; in good faith; naturally; profoundly; truly; truthfully; wholeheartedly; without equivocation. Latin: ex animo.
24. Give/lose one's heart to , to fall in-love-with , to become infatuated with. See love for synonyms.Quote: Sung by 'Crocodile' Dundee (Paul Hogan) in Crocodile Dundee (1986): ' If I give my heart to you / I'll have none and you'll have two .'
25. Good-hearted , considerate; kind and good-natured.
26. Half-hearted / halfhearted , reluctantly; showing little enthusiasm; lacking heart, spirit, or interest.
27. Hard-hearted , rigidly severe; unsympathetic; lacking in responsiveness; obdurate; unfeeling.
28. Have a change of heart , to change one's mind; take back ; back out of; recant; renege on .
29. Have a heart , to be compassionate, sympathetic, forgiving, merciful.
30. Have a heart to heart , to have a frank and intimate discussion.
31. Have one's heart in one's mouth , to be greatly alarmed, apprehensive, frightened, or anxious.
32. Have ones heart in the right place , to be kind and generous; to be sincere or well-intentioned.
33 . Have the heart , to have the courage to, to be hard-hearted enough to. (Usually in the negative.)
34. Heart and soul , completely; fully; thoroughly; through and through.
35. Heart and soul into , conscientious.
36. Heart-free , not in-love .
37. Heart of gold , being generous to a fault; magnanimous; a generous nature.
38 . Heart of heart , Sir William Osler (1849-1919), Science and Immortality ; ' Give me that man/ That is not passion's slave , and I will wear him/ In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart/ As I do thee .'
39 . Heart of stone / heart of marble , a stern or cruel nature.
40. Heart to heart , candidly, intimately.
41. Heart rate , the rate at which the heart pumps blood, the number of heartbeats per minute.
42. Heart's ease , ease/peace of mind; calmness of emotion; nothing left to worry about.
43. Heartache , anguish; emotional distress.
44 . Heartbeat : a) one pulsation of the heart; b) the vital center or driving impulse.
45. Heartbreak , overwhelming distress; mental or emotional misery. SYNONYMS: affliction; agony; broken heart; desolation; despair; distress; grief; heartache; heavy heart; sorrow; suffering; torment; torture ; woe.
QUOTES:
(1) Ninny/ Cleo Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy) to Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991): ' A heart can be broken and keep on beating just the same .'
(2) Drag queen Chichi Rodriquez (John Leguizamo) in To Wong Foo. Thanks for Everything. Julie Newmar (1995): ' I've got a million dream lovers, allright? I've got a broken heart for every light on Broadway and when one of 'em goes out I just screw in another one. Hello, goodbye .'
46. Heartbreaking , (capable of) causing overpowering sorrow.
47. Heartface , Polari slang for a mate .
48. Heartfelt , deeply or sincerely felt.
49 . Heartless , destitute of feeling; cruel.
-- ' Heartless so-and-so ' From the movie Sunset Boulevard (1950)
-- ' Heartless guttersnipe ' From the movie My Fair Lady (1964)
50. Heartsick , extremely unhappy; depressed; miserable.
51. Heartstricken , deeply grieved; greatly dismayed.
52. Heartthrob , a) an emotionally quickened heartbeat; b) a sweetheart . See love for synonyms.
53. Heaviness of heart / heavyheartedness , cheerlessness, despair, disconsolation, discouragement, dispiritedness, gloominess, melancholia.
54. In heart , in good spirits. Out of heart , in low spirits.
55. In one's heart of hearts , in (the seat of) one's innermost (truest) feelings.
56. Learn by heart , to memorize; to commit to memory. Hence, know by heart .
57. Lose/give one's heart to , to fall in-love-with , to become infatuated with. See love for synonyms.
QUOTES:
(1) Rosie (Katharine Hepburn) and Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) in The African Queen (1951):
-- Rosie Sayer: ' Oh Charlie! You lost your mind .'
-- Charlie Allnut: ' Lost my heart too .'
(2) Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) to Ramada Thompson (Valeria Golino) in Hot Shots! (1991): ' I've fallen for you like a blind roofer. (...) My heart is falling down around my ankles like a wet pair of pants .'
58. Near one's heart / close to one's heart , dear to one; loved by or important to one.
59 . Out of heart , in low spirits. In heart , in good spirits.
60. Pure of heart , modest and decent. The pure of heart , decent people.
61. Set heart on , to desire ; to want, to long-for .
62. Set one's heart on , to desire , be attracted to, be in-love-with , care for, crave , prefer, take a liking to.
63 . Sick at heart , bereaved; bitter; blue ; cheerless; despondent; disconsolate; distressed; down (in dumps / in mouth); forlorn; gloomy; glum; grief-stricken; heartbroken ; heartsick; heavyhearted; in the dumps; low(-spirited); mournful; out of sorts; sick at heart; sorrowful; troubled; wistful, woebegone.
64. Soft-hearted , generous in spirit; very kind; forgiving; sympathetic.
65. Sound heart, a/of sound heart , healthy; in good health.
66 . Steal someone's heart , to win someone's affection or love .
67. Stouthearted , a) having a stout heart or spirit; b) courageous; c) stubborn.
68 . Take heart , to (re)gain confidence, hope and courage or fortitude; to perk up .
69 . To one's heart's content , to one's entire satisfaction.
70. To the hearts content , until one is fully satisfied.
71. Take to heart , to be (much) affected by; to take seriously and be affected or troubled by.
72. Tug at the heart , to have an effect on ; affect; arouse; get-through to; make an impression; move; strike a chord; upset.
73. Wear ones heart on ones sleeve , to express ones feelings openly, make one's feelings apparent.
74. With all ones heart / with one's whole heart , with ones entire being; with all goodwill; with enthusiasm; without doubts or reservations; truly; doubtlessly.
75. With half a heart , in a half-hearted manner; reluctantly.
Related terms : cordate/cordiform = shaped like a heart.
SEE ALSO: beat-of-one's-heart ; bullock's-heart ; cold-heart ; get-a-heart-attack ; have-one's-heart-doing-back-flips ; have-one's-heart-flip-flop .
See Also: abnormal bleeding, act, act of darkness, affair of love, affaire d'amour, affaire de coeur, apple of one's eye, available, beat of one's heart, beloved, block of ice, boner, bosom, Bumper Kiss, Camille, cannibalism, Castro clone, catchable, cock and ball torture, cold heart, cream in one's coffee, dead beat of one's heart, dear one, dextrocardia, eligible, fall for, fancy-free, feel funny about, haveable, heart, heart breaker-upper, heart line, heart-crusher, heart-free, heart-smasher, heart-whole, heartbreaker, heartthrob, heck bite, hecklace, hickey, hotter than Georgia asphalt, ice queen, iceberg, icebox, icicle, in circulation, infatuate, kiss bite, ladies' man, light of one's eyes, light of one's life, light-o'-love, light-of-love, line of heart, love affair, love bite, love cracked, love emblem, love line, love of one's life, the, loved one, lovee, loving-kindness, low countries, monkey bite, nether parts, nether regions, object of one's affection, one and only, one's everything, one's own, onliest, open up, peach, pickup line, pulse accelerator, pulse upperer, raspberry tart, romantic affair, romp, romping, shag tags, shitty, soft spot, strawberry kiss, suckers, sweetheart, sweetheart neckline, tachycardia, tertiary syphilis, throbbing, truelove, unattached, up for grabs, wood
Quotes Containing heart:
Joan (Angelina Jolie) in Playing by Heart (1999): 'Talking about love is like dancing about architecture.'
Joan (Angelina Jolie) in Playing by Heart (1998): 'Talking about love is like dancing about architecture.'
Joe Grady (Warren Beatty) in The Only Game in Town (1970): ''Which is worse: the heart abused or the heart unused?''
Clifford Stern (Woody Allen), a married man , tells his niece Jenny (Jenny Nichols) about his infatuation with Holly Reed (Mia Farrow) in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989): ''My heart says one thing my head says another. It''s very hard to get your head and heart together in life . (...) In my case they''re not even friendly .''
Djinni (Rex Ingram) to Abu (Sabu) in The Thief of Bagdad (1940): ''Mortals are weak and frail . If their stomach speaks, they forget their brain. If their brain speaks, they forget their heart . And if their heart speaks... they forget everything.''
Whispered by the High Lama (Sam Jaffe) in Lost Horizon (1937): ''Every man carries in his heart a Shangri-la.''
Charles Lumley III (Henry Winkler) watching Belinda (Shelley Long) prepare breakfast in-a-sweat shirt and bobbies in Night Shift (1982): ''My eyes had a heart attack!''
James Carmichael (Joel McCrea) plying roulette against Mary Rutledge/Swan (Miriam Hopkins) in Barbary Coast (1935): 'Black! The color of woman's heart!'
James Carmichael (Joel McCrea) plying roulette against Mary Rutledge/Swan (Miriam Hopkins) in Barbary Coast (1935): ''Black! The color of woman''s heart!''
''You are like wet sand in my underwear .'' Cindy (Rosie Perez) to her flirting boss in Untamed Heart (1993)
Lancelot (Richard Gere) in First Knicht (1995): ''I dare not kiss so lovely a lady . I have but one heart to lose.''
James Carmichael (Joel McCrea) plying roulette against Mary Rutledge/Swan (Miriam Hopkins) in Barbary Coast (1935): 'Black! The color of woman's heart!'
John Le Carr . Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy (1974): ''Faint heart never won fair lady .''
Albert Einstein (Walter Matthau) to his niece in I.Q. (1994): ''Don''t let your brain interfere with your heart .''
Wallace Stevens 1879-1955) Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird: ''Beauty more than bitterness / Makes the heart break .''
Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) in Emma (1996): ''I may have lost my heart , but not my self-control.''
Lancelot (Richard Gere) in First Knicht (1995): ''I dare not kiss so lovely a lady . I have but one heart to lose.''
Sung by ''Crocodile'' Dundee (Paul Hogan) in Crocodile Dundee (1986): ''If I give my heart to you / I''ll have none and you''ll have two.''
Sabrina Fairchild (Julia Ormond) to Linus Larrabee (Harrison Ford) in Sabrina (1995): ''They say you''re the world''s only living heart donor.''
Hickory, the Tin Woodsman (Jack Haley) in The Wizard of Oz (1939): ''Now I know I''ve got a heart , because it''s breaking. ''
The Bible. From Genesis (8:21): ''For the imagination of man''s heart is evil from his youth.''
Caroline (Marisa Tomei) in Untamed Heart (1993): ''My life is like watching The Three Stooges in Spanish!''
Bible: Matthew (V. 28): ''Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust-after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart .''
Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) about Miss Carson in Out of the Past (1947): ''Awfuly cold around the heart .''
Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman) in the arms of Rick Blain (Humphrey Bogart) during the Nazi invasion of Paris in Casablanca (1942): ''Is that cannon fire or is it my heart pounding?''
Lula Pace Fortune (Laura Dern) to Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) in Wild at Heart (1990): ''You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt!''
Lou Perelli (Alan Arkin) to Ruben Martinez (Andy Garcia) in Steal Big, Steal Little (1995): ''Don''t trust your friends because when they screw you it will break your heart .''
Lou Perelli (Alan Arkin) to Ruben Martinez (Andy Garcia) in Steal Big, Steal Little (1995): ''Don''t trust your friends because when they screw you it will break your heart .''
Alexis Zorba (Anthony Quinn) to the Englishman Basil (Alan Bates) in Zorba the Greek (1964): 'If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart , but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.'
Alexis Zorba (Anthony Quinn) to the Englishman Basil (Alan Bates) in Zorba the Greek (1964): ''If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart , but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.''
Merlin (Nicol Williamson) in Excalibur (1981): ''You''re not listening. Your heart is not. Love is deaf as well as blind .''
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) speaking of the effect blonde Cora Munro is having on his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): 'Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.'
''As for you, baby , I''ve known dozen''s like you. Sappy kids with a heart like a curd dog that answers all the whistles and figures their having a good-time .'' Con artist Bill O''Brien (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) to out of work dancer Nina Barona (Rita Hayworth) in Angels Over Broadway (1940).
''As for you, baby , I''ve known dozen''s like you. Sappy kids with a heart like a curd dog that answers all the whistles and figures their having a good-time .'' Con artist Bill O''Brien (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) to out of work dancer Nina Barona (Rita Hayworth) in Angels Over Broadway (1940).
Senora Camargo (Nina Vale) and Laurence Gerard (Dick Powell) in Cornered (1945). - Senora Camargo: 'I could make you forget.' - Laurence Gerard: 'But not for long and not enough. For that you'd have to have a heart .'
Maggie (Lainie Kazan) to Frannie (Teri Garr) in One from the Heart (1982):'Oh, Frannie! Five years with Hank and all you've got is time.'
Harris K . Telemacher''s (Steve Martin) closing monologue in L.A. Story (1991): ''There are only two things in my life I will never forget: one is that-there is someone for everyone, even if you need a pick-axe, a compass, a night goggle to find them, and the other is tonight, when I learned that romance does exist in the heart of L.A.''
Rosie (Katharine Hepburn) and Charlie (Humphrey Bogart) in The African Queen (1951): - Rosie Sayer: ''Oh Charlie! You lost your mind.?'' - Charlie Allnut: ''Lost my heart too.''
The Narrator of Last of the Dogmen (1995): ''Wherever they get to, all good stories begin and end in the same place , and that''s the heart of a man or a woman .''
Ashley Wilkes (Lesley Howard) to Scarlett O''Hara (Vivien Leigh) in Gone with the Wind (1939): ''Well, isn''t it enough that you''ve gathered every other man''s heart today? You''ve always had mine. You cut your teeth on it .''
Merlin (Nicol Williamson) in Excalibur (1981): ''You''re not listening. Your heart is not. Love is deaf as well as blind .''
The Wizard (Frank Morgan) to Hickory, the Tin Woodsman (Jack Haley) in The Wizard of Oz (1939): - (a) ''Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.'' - (b) ''And remember, my sentimental friend, that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others.''
Cuthbert J. Twillie (W.C. Fields) proposing to Flower Belle Lee (Mae West) in My Little Chickadee (1940): ''My heart is a bargain today. Will you have me?''
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) to Hawkeye (Randolph Scott) about how Cora Munro is affecting his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): ''Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.'' Uncas has: ''squaw fever.''
Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) to Ramada Thompson (Valeria Golino) in Hot Shots! (1991): ?I''ve fallen for you like a blind roofer. (...) My heart is falling down around my ankles like a wet pair of pants.?
Ex-hooker V (Melanie Griffith) to the inquisitive young Frank Wheeler (Michael Patrick Carter) who keeps asking about that spot in Milk Money (1994): - V:''There is a place you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy.'' - Frank:'' Where?'' - V:''Her heart .''
Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen) to Ramada Thompson (Valeria Golino) in Hot Shots! (1991): ''I''ve fallen for you like a blind roofer. (...) My heart is falling down around my ankles like a wet pair of pants.''
Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) walking in the park with Louise (Janet Margolin) in Take the Money and Run (1969): ''All I know is, my heart was really pounding and I felt a funny tingling all over. I don''t know . I was either in-love or I had smallpox.''
Hunk, the Scarecrow (Ray Bolger) and Dorothy (Judy Garland) in Wizard of Oz (1939): - Hunk: ''What have you learned, Dorothy?'' - Dorothy:''Well, I think that it wasn''t enough just to want to see Uncle Henry and Aunnie Em and that if I ever go looking for my heart''s desire again, I won''t look any further than my own back-yard , because if it isn''t there, I never really lost it to begin with.''
''She turns over, peels off them orange pants, spreads her legs real wide and says to me: take a bite of peach!'' Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) in Wild at Heart (1990)
''Awfuly cold around the heart .'' Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) describing Miss Carson who is betraying her boss and lover in Out of the Past (1947)
Gloria Paterson (Helen Broderick) to Nicole De Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) on how to catch a rich husband in The Rage of Paris (1938): ''The way to a man''s heart is through his eyes , honey . That''s the modern version. He believes what he sees , and takes bicarbonate of soda for his indigestion instead of a wife that can cook.''
Virgil Starkwell (Woody Allen) walking in the park with Louise (Janet Margolin) in Take the Money and Run (1969): 'All I know is my heart was really pounding and I felt a funny tingling all over. I don't know . I was either in-love or I had smallpox.'
Dr. Noah Praetorius (Cary Grant) to his wife Debra Higgins (Jeanne Crain) in People Will Talk (1951): 'The woman has yet to be born who doesn't in her heart believe she'll make her husband a better wife than he has any possible right to expect.'
Maid Marian (Una Thurman) in Robin Hood (1991): ''I will not marry to symbolize a peace or to ratify a treaty. But this man I will take because he makes the May tree blossom and the bees buzz in my breasts. I will take this man because he brings springtime to my heart .''
Louis Cyphre (Lucifer) (Robert De Niro) in Angel Heart (1987):''They say there''s just enough religion in the world to make men hate one another but not enough to make them love .''
Captain Nemo (James Mason) and Professor Aronnax (Paul Lukas) in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954): - Captain Nemo: ''What you fail to understand is the power of hate. It can fill the heart as surely as love can .'' - Professor Aronnax: ''I''m sorry for you. It''s a bitter substitute.''
Jack Lemmon) to his neighbor Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) who spent the night with Maria Ragetti (Sophia Loren) in Grumpier Old Men (1995): - John: 'I don't believe it! You and that beautiful lady?' - Max: 'I am the thief of heart , I am the gangster of love .' - John: 'Gangster, hey? Well, tell me. Was it more of a hold-up than a stick-up?'
Humorist James Thurber (1894-1961) rephrasing the clich: a woman''s place is in the home/kitchen: ''A woman''s place is in the wrong.'' Of course, as Lady Lou (Mae West) says in She Done Him Wrong (1933): ''When women go wrong, men go right after them.'' Mort Sahl also paraphrased the clich: ''A woman''s place is in the stove.'' Warrick (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) in Valley of the Sun (1942): ''The way to a woman''s heart is to get her out of the kitchen .''
Humorist James Thurber (1894-1961) rephrasing the clich: a woman''s place is in the home/kitchen: ''A woman''s place is in the wrong.'' Of course, as Lady Lou (Mae West) says in She Done Him Wrong (1933): ''When women go wrong, men go right after them.'' Mort Sahl also paraphrased the clich: ''A woman''s place is in the stove.'' Warrick (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) in Valley of the Sun (1942): ''The way to a woman''s heart is to get her out of the kitchen .''
Humorist James Thurber (1894-1961) rephrasing the clich: a woman''s place is in the home/kitchen: ''A woman''s place is in the wrong.'' Of course, as Lady Lou (Mae West) says in She Done Him Wrong (1933): ''When women go wrong, men go right after them.'' Mort Sahl also paraphrased the clich: ''A woman''s place is in the stove.'' Warrick (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) in Valley of the Sun (1942): ''The way to a woman''s heart is to get her out of the kitchen .''
Merlin (Nicol Williamson) in Excalibur (1981): ''You''re not listening. Your heart is not. Love is deaf as well as blind .''
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) speaking of the effect blonde Cora Munro is having on his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): 'Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.'
Chingachgook (Robert Barrat) speaking of the effect blonde Cora Munro is having on his son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1936): ''Pale face squaw no good [for] Mohican. Fair hair make heart of Uncas weak like water.''
William Parish (Anthony Hopkins) to Joe Black (Brad Pitt) in Meet Joe Black (1999): 'Love is passion . Obsession. Someone you can't live without. Someone you fall head over heels for. Find someone you can love like crazy, and will love you the same way back . Listen to your heart . No sense in life without this. To make the journey without falling deeply in-love , you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try, because if you haven't tried , then you haven't lived.'
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