Famous quotes containing the words pipe, build and/or cake:
“Blest are those
Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled
That they are not a pipe for Fortune’s finger
To sound what stop she please.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“On the tree, Future, we build our nest; and in our solitude eagles shall bring us nourishment in their beaks!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
““It is such a beautiful day I had to write you a letter
From the tower, and to show I’m not mad:
I only slipped on the cake of soap of the air
And drowned in the bathtub of the world....””
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)