Famous quotes containing the words jump and/or wires:
“Some of these men had become abstrusely entangled with the spying departments of other nations and would give an amusing jump if you came from behind and tapped them on the shoulder.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)
“Under a world of whistles, wires and steam
Caboose-like they go ruminating through
Ohio, Indianablind baggage
To Cheyenne tagging . . . Maybe Kalamazoo. See Vagagonds”
—Hart Crane (18991932)