Famous quotes containing the words america, west and/or flight:
“That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Our foreparents were mostly brought from West Africa.... We were brought to America and our foreparents were sold; white people bought them; white people changed their names ... my maiden name is supposed to be Townsend, but really, what is my maiden name? What is my name?”
—Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
“When the flight is not high the fall is not heavy.”
—Chinese proverb.