Pole Vault Stars

Famous quotes containing the words pole, vault and/or stars:

    “O, withered is the garland of the war,
    The soldier’s pole is fallen!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Heaven froze above, severe; the clouds congeal,
    And through the crystal vault appeared the standing hail.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today, it is youth and the Black.”
    —Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)