Famous quotes containing the words kick and/or missed:
“I had to kick their law into their teeth in order to save them.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Nature seemed to have adorned herself for our departure with a profusion of fringes and curls, mingled with the bright tints of flowers, reflected in the water. But we missed the white water-lily, which is the queen of river flowers, its reign being over for this season.... Many of this species inhabit our Concord water.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)