Cylinder Head Painted

Famous quotes containing the words cylinder, head and/or painted:

    “The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to have asserted its freedom. The cylinder had exploded, and thrown great masses of stone and steam against the sky.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “Therefore with idle hands and head I sit
    In late December before the fire’s daze
    Punished by crimes of which I would be quit.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “When the painted birds laugh in the shade,
    When our table with cherries and nuts is spread:
    Come live, and be merry, and join with me
    To sing the sweet chorus of ‘Ha, ha, he!’”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)