Famous quotes containing the words bit, word and/or length:
“Henry David Thoreau, who never earned much of a living or sustained a relationship with any woman that wasnt brotherlywho lived mostly under his parents roof ... who advocated one days work and six days off as the weekly round and was considered a bit of a fool in his hometown ... is probably the American writer who tells us best how to live comfortably with our most constant companion, ourselves.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)
“Give us that grand word woman once again,
And lets have done with lady; ones a term
Full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm,
Fit for the noblest use of tongue or pen;
And ones a word for lackeys.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (18551919)
“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job 12:12.