Island Main Trunk

Famous quotes containing the words island, main and/or trunk:

    “They all came, some wore sentiments
    Emblazoned on T-shirts, proclaiming the lateness
    Of the hour, and indeed the sun slanted its rays
    Through branches of Norfolk Island pine as though
    Politely clearing its throat....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism—despotism during the campaign—is indispensable.”
    —Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

    “That trunk of humors, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that
    swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that
    stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with
    the pudding in his belly.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)