Famous quotes containing the words american and/or conference:
“My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (18381918)
“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
—Francis Bacon (15611626)