Empty

Famous quotes containing the word empty:

“Full bottles are quiet; it’s the empty ones that make all the noise.”
—Chinese proverb.

“An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)

“The empty woman took toys!
In her sisters’ homes
Were little girls and boys.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)