Famous quotes containing the words bit, word and/or length:
“The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made ‘em both a little bit naive.”
—E.Y. Harburg (1898–1981)
“And no word can be spoken of which the sense
Does not accuse and contradict at once.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Baltimore lay very near the immense protein factory of Chesapeake Bay, and out of the bay it ate divinely. I well recall the time when prime hard crabs of the channel species, blue in color, at least eight inches in length along the shell, and with snow-white meat almost as firm as soap, were hawked in Hollins Street of Summer mornings at ten cents a dozen.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)