Green Tax Shift

Famous quotes containing the words green, tax and/or shift:

    “We worshipped,
    we parted green from green,
    we sought further thickets,
    we dipped our ankles
    through leaf-mould and earth,
    and wood and wood-bank enchanted us.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! Spout, rain!
    Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire are my daughters.
    I tax you not, you elements, with unkindness;
    I never gave you kingdom, called you children.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side?—from sorrow to sorrow?—to button up one cause of vexation!—and unbutton another!”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)