Thin Blue Line

Famous quotes containing the words thin, blue and/or line:

    “sullen fun

    Savage as childhood’s thin harmonious tear:
    O fountain, bosom source undying-dead
    Replenish me the spring of love and fear”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “There is no blue without yellow and without orange.”
    —Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)

    “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Job 38:4 -7.

    God, to Job.