Cradle

Famous quotes containing the word cradle:

    To look almost pretty, is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life, than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
    Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    Willie couldn’t steal a vote from Abe Lincoln in the cradle of the Confederacy.
    Robert Rossen (1908–1966)

    So I cradle this average violin that knows
    Only forgotten showtunes, but argues
    The possibility of free declamation anchored
    To a dull refrain....
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)