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 (18651939)
“My desire and thy desire
Twining to a tongue of fire,”
—Robert Bridges (18441930)