Famous quotes containing the words root, glass and/or company:
“And a man of tan engages
For the springtime of her pride,
Eats the green by easy stages,
Nibbles at the root beneath
With intimidating teeth.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“When youre thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire oceanthats faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or twothats science.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“There is no such thing as the Queens English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)