Silly Roll Call

Famous quotes containing the words silly, roll and/or call:

    “Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Three meals of thin gruel a day, with an onion twice a week, and half a roll on Saturdays.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “Latin America is very fond of the word “hope.” We like to be called the “continent of hope.” Candidates for deputy, senator, president, call themselves “candidates of hope.” This hope is really something like a promise of heaven, an IOU whose payment is always being put off. It is put off until the next legislative campaign, until next year, until the next century.”
    —Pablo Neruda (1904–1973)