Hot Deserts

Famous quotes containing the words hot and/or deserts:

    “Deacon King was tried for violating the Sabbath, and so hot was the debate that it was referred to the church council, which ultimately decided, after long and grave debate, that the deacon had committed a ‘work of necessity and mercy.’”
    —For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “Sometimes, when I compare myself with other men, it seems as if I were more favored by the gods than they, beyond any deserts that I am conscious of; as if I had a warrant and surety at their hands which my fellows have not, and were especially guided and guarded. I do not flatter myself, but if it be possible they flatter me.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)