Blue Ribbon School

Famous quotes containing the words blue, ribbon and/or school:

“Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see.”
—Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

“I’ll tell you how the Sun rose—
A Ribbon at a time—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“He had first discovered a propensity for savagery in the acrid lavatories of a minor English public school where he used to press the heads of the new boys into the ceramic bowl and pull the flush upon them to drown their gurgling protests.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)