Ted Roberts > Ted's Quotes

“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

“They seek him here, they seek him there
Those Frenchies seek him everywhere
Is he in heaven or is he in hell?
That demned elusive Pimpernel”
― Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel

“And now gentlemen, all for one, one for all - that is our motto, is it not?”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

“I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

“I came to Paris with four écus in my pocket, and I’d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers

“All our souls are written in our eyes.”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“My nose is Gargantuan! You little Pig-snout, you tiny Monkey-Nostrils, you virtually invisible Pekinese-Puss, don't you realize that a nose like mine is both scepter and orb, a monument to me superiority? A great nose is the banner of a great man, a generous heart, a towering spirit, an expansive soul--such as I unmistakably am, and such as you dare not to dream of being, with your bilious weasel's eyes and no nose to keep them apart! With your face as lacking in all distinction--as lacking, I say, in interest, as lacking in pride, in imagination, in honesty, in lyricism--in a word, as lacking in nose as that other offensively bland expanse at the opposite end of your cringing spine--which I now remove from my sight by stringent application of my boot!”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask

“In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask

“A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood

“There were many of the upper and noble classes who had also found this alluring lifestyle completely irresistible; so many, many folks – from all over the world – had made their way over to the Caribbean for one reason or other, to readily embrace this attractiveness which it had produced for them!”
― Ted Anthony Roberts, Captain Skull: From the Memoirs of Sir Charles of Riley

“Is this seat taken?” she asked him again, tapping on a chair at the table.
“That’s where my Rum is sitting. He is my guest!”
“But the bottle is in your hand, and not in this chair,” she spoke, pointing out the bottle.
“So, it is!” he answered, looking at his Rum. Then, looking back at her: “But he was invited to this party.”
― Ted Anthony Roberts, Captain Skull: From the Memoirs of Sir Charles of Riley

“When handled in a civilized fashion, Piracy on the high seas could become more of a wise business decision than of a sheer, chaotic, unorganized criminal act. And I saw very little difference in what we were doing than the royals and courtiers were doing in the midst of cities, and of calling what they were doing legal and legitimate.”
― Ted Anthony Roberts, Captain Skull: From the Memoirs of Sir Charles of Riley

“A great nose may be an index
Of a great soul”
― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

“Then, after picking up his papers, Pierre began: “A beautiful woman can be the downfall of a gentleman . . . but the uplift of a beggar!”
― Ted Anthony Roberts, Captain Skull: From the Memoirs of Sir Charles of Riley