Silly Roll Call

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

    “The young women [in England] are so mortally silly and insipid, that I cannot bear them. Upon my word ... I have scarce met with one worthy being spoke to. Their chat is all on caps—balls—cards—dress—nonsense.”
    —Frances Burney (1752–1840)

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

    “A jellyfish and a saurian,
    And caves where the cave men dwell;
    Then a sense of law and beauty,
    And a face turned from the clod—
    Some call it Evolution,
    And others call it God.”
    —William Herbet Carruth (1859–1929)