Lay Speaking

Famous quotes containing the words lay and/or speaking:

“The weariest and most loathèd worldly life,
That age, ache, penury and imprisonment
Can lay on nature is a paradise,
To what we fear of death.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“This habit of free speaking at ladies’ lunches has impaired society; it has doubtless led to many of the tragedies of divorce and marital unhappiness. Could society be deaf and dumb and Congress abolished for a season, what a happy and peaceful life one could lead!”
—M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)