Famous quotes containing the words alternate and/or black:
“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”
—Henry James (1843–1816)
“A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.—requiescat in pace—you know. That seems to me the most beautiful expression—I like it much better than ‘He is a jolly good fellow,’ which is simply rowdy.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)