Classic American Love

Famous quotes containing the words classic, american and/or love:

    “Shatter the icons of slavery and fear.
    Replace
    the leer
    of the minstrel’s burnt-cork face
    with a proud, serene
    and classic bronze of Benin.”
    —Dudley Randall (b. 1914)

    “Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

    “What then in love can woman do?
    If we grow fond they shun us.
    And when we fly them, they pursue:
    But leave us when they’ve won us.”
    —John Gay (1685–1732)