Blue Grass Boys

Famous quotes containing the words blue, grass and/or boys:

“Rather than have it the principal thing in my son’s mind, I would gladly have him think that the sun went round the earth, and that the stars were so many spangles set in the bright blue firmament.”
—Thomas Arnold (1795–1842)

“Believing: it means believing in our own lies. And I can say that I am grateful that I got this lesson very early.”
—Günther Grass (b. 1927)

“Now what I want is facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)