Slip

Famous quotes containing the word slip:

    You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip.
    —J.M. (James Matthew)

    Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
    With Ate by his side, come hot from hell,
    Shall in these confines, with a monarch’s voice,
    Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Half of my life is gone, and I have let
    The years slip from me and have not fulfilled
    The aspiration of my youth, to build
    Some tower of song with lofty parapet.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)