Famous quotes containing the words high and/or arctic:
“Optimism is the content of small men in high places.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)