Northern Pacific Coal

Famous quotes containing the words northern, pacific and/or coal:

    “‘What is the world, O soldiers?
    It is I,
    I, this incessant snow,
    This northern sky;”
    —Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)

    “Really, there is no infidelity, nowadays, so great as that which prays, and keeps the Sabbath, and rebuilds the churches. The sealer of the South Pacific preaches a truer doctrine.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.”
    —Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)