Piece

Famous quotes containing the word piece:

“To imagine
An Antony were nature’s piece ‘gainst fancy,
Condemning shadows quite.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I’m right here to tell you, mister. There ain’t nobody gonna push me off my land. My grandpa took up this land seventy years ago. My pa was born here. We was all born on it. And some of us was killed on it. And some of us died on it. That’s what makes it ourn. Bein’ born on it. And workin’ on it. And dyin’ on it. And not no piece of paper with writin’ on it.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)

“Thou strange piece of wild nature!”
—Colley Cibber (1671–1757)