Drop Precedence

Famous quotes containing the words drop and/or precedence:

“How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father’s or mother’s life?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“It is difficult to separate the tapestry
From the room or loom which takes precedence over it.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)