Grey Matter Volumes

Famous quotes containing the words grey, matter and/or volumes:

    “Fretted shadow on stumps
    A vanishing husk
    Of light . . . grey lumps
    Of stone verge the hills with fears.
    It is quickly dusk.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “The matter of fees is important, far beyond the mere question of bread and butter involved. Properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “There is hardly a pioneer’s hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.”
    —Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)