Famous quotes containing the words hollow, point and/or bullet:
“Ceremony was but devised at first
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evilor else an absolute ignorance.”
—Graham Greene (19041991)
“Consider his life which was valueless
In terms of employment, hotel ledgers, news files.
Consider. One bullet in ten thousand kills a man.
Ask. Was so much expenditure justified
On the death of one so young and so silly
Lying under the olive tree, O world, O death?”
—Stephen Spender (19091995)
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