Dire Straits Mark

Famous quotes containing the words dire, straits and/or mark:

    “What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,
    What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
    I sing—”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “Yes! in sea of life enisled,
    With echoing straits between us thrown,
    Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
    We mortal millions live alone.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.”
    —Thomas Mann (1875–1955)