Single Grain Scotch

Famous quotes containing the words single, grain and/or scotch:

“The wood for a temple does not come from a single tree.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Have We not made the earth as a cradle
and the mountains as pegs?
And We created you in pairs,
and We appointed your sleep for a rest;
and We appointed night for a garment,
and We appointed day for a livelihood.
And We have built above you seven strong ones,
and We appointed a blazing lamp
and have sent down out of the rain-clouds water cascading
that We may bring forth thereby grain and plants,
and gardens luxuriant.”
—Qur’an, “The Tiding” 78:6-16, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)

“In Rangoon the heat of noon
Is just what the natives shun.
They put their Scotch or rye down
And lie down.”
—Noël Coward (1899–1973)