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A fool and her money are soon courted. -- Helen Rowland
I'm a woman who likes to be courted - strongly. -- Katy Perry
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity. -- William Blake
I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly. -- Kevin Whately
I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. -- David Mallet
The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted. -- Helen Fisher
She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else. -- Anne Bronte
The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend. -- Katharine Hepburn
I never took banned substances, but I have been courted by doctors who wanted to improve my blood in the laboratory. My mother always put them on a flight. -- Alberto Tomba
I was voted the most beautiful girl in the world in 1958, and courted by every young, available man in Los Angeles, most of whom I didn't go out with, by the way. -- Joan Collins
Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it. -- Mary Astell
I've been successful, but I haven't had any unwanted attention. To be honest, I've never invited or courted attention. I think if you act normal, then people will treat you normally. If you go around with a big entourage all the time, you're not staying true to yourself. -- Bonnie Tyler
My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly. -- Barry Humphries
When 'Tracks' first came out, I was courted by Sydney Pollack. I had lunch with him, and he opened the conversation with, 'Honey, you ain't gonna like what I'm gonna do to your book.' I really liked him, but I turned him down, because - well, I was stupid. I also turned down a great deal of money. -- Robyn Davidson
I met my wife in Bombay at an official function. And then we courted for three years. That's a great old term, 'courting.' And we had to do it quietly, of course, because you would know the difficulties one might have with Indian parents. She was advised by her father that people in the West don't take marriage seriously. -- Glenn Turner
In satyagraha, a courted imprisonment carries its own praise. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all. -- Thomas Campbell
The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar. -- Mason Cooley
The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced. -- Mary Blakely
Until you have courted the bluebills in the snow, you have not tasted of the purer delights of waterfowling -- Gordon MacQuarrie
I never courted that but it's nice when it's people you respect and they respect your work. It's thrilling. -- Nan Goldin
We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm a woman who likes to be courted, strongly. Never say never, I guess you'd say. I'll let love take the lead on that. -- Katy Perry
Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone. -- John Bowring
They courted the face on the screen, the face of translucence, the face of wax on which men found it possible to imprint the image of their fantasy. -- Anais Nin
Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want? -- Cassandra Clare
With my stuff, I think I've tried. I've been courted. I don't want to sound like an asshole, but I've been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books. -- Scott McClanahan

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