Degree East Longitude

Famous quotes containing the words degree and/or east:

    “A certain degree of miserey [sic] seems inseparable from a high degree of populousness.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “Richard. Give me a calendar.
    Who saw the sun today?
    Ratcliffe. Not I, my lord.
    Richard. Then he disdains to shine, for by the book
    He should have braved the east an hour ago.
    A black day will it be to somebody.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)