Original Bear Flag

Famous quotes containing the words original, bear and/or flag:

“The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“Make me to see’t, or at the least so prove it
That the probation bear no hinge nor loop
To hang a doubt on.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)