Slip Plane

Famous quotes containing the words slip and/or plane:

    One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people’s throats—and one always secretes too much jelly.
    Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

    In time the scouring of wind and rain will wear down the ranges and plane off the region until it has the drab monotony of the older deserts. In the meantime—a two-million-year meantime—travelers may enjoy the cruel beauties of a desert in its youth,....
    —For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)