Silly Roll Call

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

    “Parisians are so besotted, so silly and so naturally inept that a street player, a seller of indulgences, a mule with its cymbals, a fiddler in the middle of a crossroads, will draw more people than would a good Evangelist preacher.”
    —François Rabelais (1494–1553)

    “There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “Although I will inherit darkness
    I will keep dialing left to right.
    I will struggle like a surgeon.
    I will call quickly for the glare of the moon.
    I will even dial milk.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)