Knuckle Cracking

Famous quotes containing the words knuckle and/or cracking:

    “What’s in the cupboard?
    Says Mr. Hubbard.
    A knuckle of veal,
    Says Mr. Beal.”
    —Unknown. What’s in the Cupboard? (L. 1–4)

    “Hume’s doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot; the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)