Famous quotes containing the words crosses, state and/or road:
“Life is like walking along a crowded streetthere always seem to be fewer obstacles to getting along on the opposite pavementand yet, if one crosses over, matters are rarely mended.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (182595)
“I met a Californian who would
Talk Californiaa state so blessed
He said, in climate, none had ever died there
A natural death, and Vigilance Committees
Had had to organize to stock the graveyards
And vindicate the states humanity.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either in fact or principle. They are determined as to the facts they will believe, and the opinions on which they will act. Get by them, therefore, as you would by an angry bull; it is not for a man of sense to dispute the road with such an animal.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)