Shook

Famous quotes containing the word shook:

    “Jove, nodding, shook the Heavens, and said,
    ‘Offending race of human kind,
    By nature, reason, learning, blind;
    You who through frailty stepped aside,
    And you who never fell—through pride;”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “Ten days that shook the world.”
    —John Reed (1887–1920)

    “If any man drew near
    When I was young,
    I thought, “He holds her dear,”
    And shook with hate and fear.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)