Big Stone County

Famous quotes containing the words big, stone and/or county:

    “If our caricaturists do not hate their enemies, it is not because they are too big to hate them, but because their enemies are not big enough to hate.”
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    “With his great white strong cold squares of teeth
    And his little eyes of stone ...”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Don’t you know there are 200 temperance women in this county who control 200 votes. Why does a woman work for temperance? Because she’s tired of liftin’ that besotted mate of hers off the floor every Saturday night and puttin’ him on the sofa so he won’t catch cold. Tonight we’re for temperance. Help yourself to them cloves and chew them, chew them hard. We’re goin’ to that festival tonight smelling like a hot mince pie.”
    —Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)