Famous quotes containing the words silver, bullet and/or band:
“I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear
But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear;”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. I had a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear (l. 12)
“Its not the bullet with my name on it that worries me. Its the one that says To whom it may concern.”
—Anonymous Belfast Resident. quoted in Guardian (London, Oct. 16, 1991)
“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about ones heroic ancestors. Its astounding to me, for example, that so many people really seem to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldnt stay there any longer and had to go someplace else to make it. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts.”
—James Baldwin (19241987)