Famous quotes containing the word shifted:
“Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering,
When they judged without skill he was still hard of hearing:
When they talked of their Raphaels, Corregios and stuff,
He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“They shifted a little, but not
to return my stare.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)