Slide Mountain Ocean

Famous quotes containing the words slide, mountain and/or ocean:

“George Shears ... was hanged in a barn near the store. The rope was thrown over a beam, and he was asked to walk up a ladder to save the trouble of preparing a drop for him. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I am not used to this business. Shall I jump off or slide off?” He was told to jump.”
—For the State of Montana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Bald as the bare mountain tops are bald, with a baldness full of grandeur.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

“If fishes were wishes the ocean would be all of our desire.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)