Cuthbert Set World

Famous quotes containing the words cuthbert, set and/or world:

    I will be all things to you. Father, mother, husband, counselor, Japanese bartender.
    Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)

    yes, set fire to frostbitten crops,
    drag out forgotten fruit
    to dance the flame-tango,
    the smoke-gavotte,
    to live after all....
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    Our pleasance here is all vain glory,
    This false world is but transitory;
    The flesh is bruckle, the Fiend is slee:—
    Timor Mortis conturbat me.
    William Dunbar (c. 1465–c. 1530)