Cole Hill State

Famous quotes containing the words cole, hill and/or state:

    “Between you and me, sir, I’ll have to see him before I’ll believe he’s invisible.”
    —Lester Cole (1904–1985)

    “John Anderson my jo, John,
    We clamb the hill the gither;
    And mony a canty day, John,
    We’ve had wi’ ane anither:
    Now we maun totter down, John,
    And hand in hand we’ll go;
    And sleep the gither at the foot,
    John Anderson my Jo.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “Feign then what’s by a decent tact believed
    And act that state is only so conceived,
    And build an edifice of form
    For house where phantoms may keep warm.”
    —William Empson (1906–1984)