Famous quotes containing the words keeping, left and/or takes:
“BOSWELL “ ... Is not the fear of death natural to man?” JOHNSON. “So much so, Sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thought of it.””
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop—only the name—
And willows, willow-herb, and grass,”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)
“I don’t think I can be expected to take seriously any game which takes less than three days to reach its conclusion.”
—Tom Stoppard (b. 1937)