Quarter Wave Plate

Famous quotes containing the words quarter, wave and/or plate:

    A quarter of an hour is worth a thousand pieces of gold.
    Chinese proverb.

    Well, from what you tell me I should say that it was not only a landslide but a tidal wave and holocaust all rolled into one general cataclysm.
    William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    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)