Silly Roll Call

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

“If courtesans and strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much rigour as some silly people would have it, what locks or bars would be sufficient to preserve the honour of our wives and daughters?”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)

““Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land,
“This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.”
In the afternoon they came unto a land
In which it seemed always afternoon.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

“Until they come to see us from their planet, I wait patiently. I hear them saying: Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”
—Marlene Dietrich (1904–92)