Slow Left Arm

Famous quotes containing the words slow, left and/or arm:

    “Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.”
    —Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902)

    “I felt my cheek
    Alter, to see the shadow pass away,
    Whose grasp had left the giant world so weak
    That every pigmy kicked it as it lay;”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “I dreamed of an out-thrust arm of land
    Where gulls blew over a wave
    That fell along miles of sand....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)