Side Lumber Company

Famous quotes containing the words side, lumber and/or company:

    “By that bedes side ther kneleth a may,
    And she wepeth both nyght and day.

    And by that beddes side ther stondith a ston,
    ‘Corpus Christi’wretyn theron.”
    —Unknown. Corpus Christi Carol (l. 11–14)

    “The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read,
    With loads of learned lumber in his head.
    With his own tongue still edifies his ears,
    And always listening to himself appears.”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    “There is no such thing as “the Queen’s 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] (1835–1910)