Famous quotes containing the words pair and/or sit:
“I saw a guide-post surmounted by a pair of moose horns.... They are sometimes used for ornamental hat-trees, together with deers horns, in front entries; but ... I trust that I shall have a better excuse for killing a moose than that I may hang my hat on his horns.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“In this troublesome world, we are never quite satisfied. When you were here, I thought you hindered me some in attending to business; but now, having nothing but businessno varietyit has grown exceedingly tasteless to me. I hate to sit down and direct documents, and I hate to stay in this old room by myself.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)