Famous quotes containing the words folk, high and/or schools:
“Some folk want their luck buttered.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“I remember once dreaming of pushing a canoe up the rivers of Maine, and that, when I had got so high that the channels were dry, I kept on through the ravines and gorges, nearly as well as before, by pushing a little harder, and now it seemed to me that my dream was partially realized.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The schools begin with what they call the elements, and where do they end?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)