Lay

Famous quotes containing the word lay:

“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms—never—never—never!”
—William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (1708–1778)

“We lay there without moving. But under us all moved, and moved us, gently, up and down, and from side to side.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)