Famous quotes containing the words mustard, gas and/or burns:
“when wine redeems the sight,
Narrowing the mustard scansions of the eyes,”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)
“When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man’s soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
“The social, friendly, honest man, Whate’er he be,
‘Tis he fulfils great Nature’s plan, And none but he.”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)