Cracking

Famous quotes containing the word cracking:

“Hume’s doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot; the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“A world is in flames, and you are cracking silly jokes.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)