Famous quotes containing the words racket and/or head:
“To dine, drink champagne, raise a racket and make speeches about the peoples consciousness, the peoples conscience, freedom and so forth while servants in tails are scurrying around your table, just like serfs, and out in the severe cold on the street await coachmenthis is the same as lying to the holy spirit.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“He was thoughtful and gravebut the orders he gave
Were enough to bewilder a crew.
When he cried Steer to starboard, but keep her head larboard!
What on earth was the helmsman to do?”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)