Ancient Silk Road

Famous quotes containing the words ancient, silk and/or road:

    “Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 22:28.

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Come mothers and fathers
    Throughout the land
    And don’t criticize
    What you can’t understand
    Your sons and your daughters
    Are beyond your command
    Your old road is rapidly agin’.”
    —Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)