Swell

Famous quotes containing the word swell:

“The swan’s down feather,
That stands upon the swell at the full of tide,
And neither way inclines.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain—at least in a poor country like Russia—and his vanity begins to swell out like his tyres. In America it takes an automobile to produce this effect.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

“Or don’t you like to write letters. I do because it’s such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you’ve done something.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)