Famous quotes containing the words ball, bearing and/or world:
“Blackberries
Big as the ball of my thumb, and dumb as eyes
Ebon in the hedges, fat
With blue-red juices. These they squander on my fingers.
I had not asked for such a blood sisterhood; they must love me.”
—Sylvia Plath (19321963)
“A mans wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
“Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? How did it exist?”
—Sydney Smith (17711845)