Famous quotes containing the words detect, electric and/or fields:
“... in the nineteen-thirties ... the most casual reader of murder mysteries could infallibly detect the villain, as soon as there entered a character who had recently washed his neck and did not commit mayhem on the English language.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)
“The widest prairies have electric fences....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
—W.C. Fields (1879–1946)