Famous quotes containing the words ran and/or north:
“There were three gipsies a-come to my door,
And down-stairs ran this a-lady, O!”
—Unknown. The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies (l. 1–2)
“In England if something goes wrong—say, if one finds a skunk in the garden—he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to take the proper measures; whereas in America, you telephone the fire department. Each satisfies a characteristic need; in the English, love of order and legalistic procedure; and here in America, what you like is something vivid, and red, and swift.”
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)