Hecht

Famous quotes containing the word hecht:

    If the heart has its reasons, perhaps the body
    Has its own lumbering sort of carnal spirit,
    Felt in the tingling bruises of collision,
    And known to captains as esprit de corps.
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

    It’s all very well to dream of a dove that saves,
    Picasso’s or the Pope’s
    The one that annually coos in Our Lady’s ear
    Half the world’s hopes,
    —Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

    I spent my life mixin’ with your breed, and I don’t like it. Get me. You can hide behind a lot of red tape, crooked lawyers and politicians with the gimmes, writs of habeas corpus, witnesses that don’t remember overnight, but we’ll get through to you, just like we got all the rest.
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)