Famous quotes containing the words port, washington and/or north:
“In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“I’m trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.”
—Oliver North (b. 1943)