Famous quotes containing the words leg and/or stand:
“Farmers in overalls and wide-brimmed straw hats lounge about the store on hot summer days, when the most common sound is the thump-thump-thump of a hound’s leg on the floor as he scratches contentedly. Oldtime hunters say that fleas are a hound’s salvation: his constant twisting and clawing in pursuit of the tormentors keeps his joints supple.”
—Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“I’ll kill you, gal, if you don’t stand up for yourself. Fight, and if you can’t fight, kick; if you can’t kick, then bite.”
—Cornelia (1844–?)