Famous quotes containing the words central, missouri and/or state:
“The central problem of novel-writing is causality.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)