Plate Fin Heat

Famous quotes containing the words plate, fin and/or heat:

    “Say “Yessum” to the ladies, an’ “Yessur” to the men,
    And when they’s company, don’t pass yer plate for pie again;
    But, thinkin’ of the things yer’d like to see upon that tree,
    Jes ‘fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be!”
    —Eugene Field (1850–1895)

    “Since the fin has come a little early this siecle and anomie is all the rage, wry, dry tenderness is a suspect commodity.”
    —Angela Carter (1940–1992)

    “And suddenly, to be dying
    Is not a little or mean or cheap thing,
    Only wearying, the heat unbearable ...”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)