Governor Jerry Brown

Famous quotes containing the words governor, jerry and/or brown:

    “Ah, Governor [Murphy, of New Jersey], don’t try to deceive me as to the sentiment of the dear people. I have been hearing from the West and the East, and the South seems to be the only section which approves of me at all, and that comes from merely a generous impulse, for even that section would deny me its votes.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “Who talks of Plato’s spindle;
    What set it whirling round?
    Eternity may dwindle,
    Time is unwound,
    Dan and Jerry Lout
    Change their loves about.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Put me on a moving train if I’m sick, and I’ll get well. It’s good for mind and body to get out and see the world.”
    —Maria D. Brown (1827–1927)