Shocking Blue Greatest

Famous quotes containing the words shocking, blue and/or greatest:

    ““To me it seems a shocking idea. I despise and loathe myself, and yet you thrust self at me from every corner of the church as though I loved and admired it. All religion does nothing but pursue me with self even into the next world.””
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “The extra worry began it—on the
    Blue blue mountain—she never set foot
    And then and there. Meanwhile the host
    Mourned her quiet tenure. They all stayed chatting.
    No one did much about eating.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “The greatest love is a mother’s;
    Then comes a dog’s,
    Then comes a sweetheart’s.”
    —(20th century)