Famous quotes containing the words ole, oak and/or tree:
“Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt land,
Tell ole Pharaoh,
To let my people go.”
—Unknown. Go Down, Moses (l. 14)
“When the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver. And I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now whats all this crud about no movie tonight?”
—Frank S. Nugent (19081965)