Famous quotes containing the words lost, city and/or sand:
“If it were lost in Übermenschlichkeit,
Perhaps our wretched state would soon come right.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“I am more and more convinced that, with reference to any public question, it is more important to know what the country thinks of it than what the city thinks. The city does not think much.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“God gave Solomon very great wisdom, discernment, and breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore...”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 4:29.