Ten Day

Famous quotes containing the words ten day, ten and/or day:

“Ten days and nights, with sleepless eye,
I watched that wretched man,
And since, I never dare to write
As funny as I can.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

“The Supreme Court would have pleased me more if they had concerned themselves about enforcing the compulsory education provisions for Negroes in the South as is done for white children. The next ten years would be better spent in appointing truant officers and looking after conditions in the homes from which the children come. Use to the limit what we already have.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

“and if the day
is no day for miracles, then the preparations
are an order one may rest in.
But one doesn’t want
rest, one wants miracles.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)