Pacific Big Boy

Famous quotes containing the words pacific, big and/or boy:

    The doctor of Geneva stamped the sand
    That lay impounding the Pacific swell,
    Patted his stove-pipe hat and tugged his shawl.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media. The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.
    Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)

    What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
    What, what is he to do?
    John Berryman (1914–1972)