Silly Roll Call

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

    “... my aim is now, as it has been for the past ten years, to make myself a true woman, one worthy of the name, and one who will unshrinkingly follow the path which God marks out, one whose aim is to do all of the good she can in the world and not be one of the delicate little dolls or the silly fools who make up the bulk of American women, slaves to society and fashion.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    “Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
    To mourn, and murmur and repine,
    To see the wicked placed on high,
    In pride and robes of honor shine.
    But oh, their end, their dreadful end,
    Thy sanctuary taught me so,
    On slipp’ry rocks I see them stand,
    And fiery billows roll below.”
    —Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

    “It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)