Bank Holiday Weekend

Famous quotes containing the words bank, holiday and/or weekend:

    “When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 2:3.

    “You know, when these New Negroes have their convention—that is going to be the chairman of the Committee on Unending Agitation. Race, race, race!... Damn, even the N double A C P takes a holiday sometimes!”
    —Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965)

    “Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you’d spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?”
    —Louise Lague (20th century)