Final Resting Place

Famous quotes containing the words final, resting and/or place:

    The kind of power mothers have is enormous. Take the skyline of Istanbul—enormous breasts, pathetic little willies, a final revenge on Islam. I was so scared I had to crouch in the bottom of the boat when I saw it.
    Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    The battle which I witnessed took place in the Presidency of Polk, five years before the passage of Webster’s Fugitive-Slave Bill.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)