Famous quotes containing the words higher, mother and/or tongue:
“I remain just one thing, and one thing only—and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.”
—Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)
“Is it not ironic, oh my husband? Your wife an adulteress. Your mother an adulteress. Your uncle an adulterer. Your friend an adulterer. Do you not find that amusing, dear Nicholas?”
—Richard Matheson (b. 1926)
“The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
With loads of learned lumber in his head.
With his own tongue still edifies his ears,
And always listening to himself appears.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)