Famous quotes containing the words lee, jones, early and/or success:
“Oh, Ive got the prettiest mother. Ive got the nicest mother. Thats what I tell everybody. I say Ive got the sweetest mother in the world.”
—John Lee Mahin (19021984)
“Come all you rounders if you want to hear
A story bout a brave engineer;
Casey Jones, that was the rounders name
On a heavy eight-wheeler he rode to fame.”
—Unknown. Casey Jones (l. 14)
“On the Coast of Coromandel
Where the early pumpkins blow,
In the middle of the woods
Lived the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
Two old chairs, and half a candle,
One old jug without a handle,
These were all his worldly goods:
In the middle of the woods,”
—Edward Lear (18121888)
“The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940)