Famous quotes containing the words ocean, city and/or side:
“A hermitage in the forest is the refuge of the narrow-minded misanthrope; a hammock on the ocean is the asylum for the generous distressed.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Why visit the playhouse to see the famous Parisian models, ... when one can see the French damsels, Norma and Diana? Their names have been known on both continents, because everything goes as it will, and those that cannot be satisfied with these must surely be of a queer nature.”
—For the City of New Orleans, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.”
—Mary McCarthy (19121989)
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