Famous quotes containing the words higher, mother and/or tongue:
“The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“My mother dandled me and sang,
“How young it is, how young!”
And made a golden cradle
That on a willow swung.
“He went away,” my mother sang,
“When I was brought to bed....””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“My desire and thy desire
Twining to a tongue of fire,”
—Robert Bridges (1844–1930)