Thin Walled Shell

Famous quotes containing the words thin, walled and/or shell:

    “Great Wits are sure to Madness near alli’d
    And thin Partitions do their Bounds divide;
    Else, why should he, with Wealth and Honour blest,
    Refuse his Age the needful hours of Rest?”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “Hell isn’t merely paved with good intentions; it’s walled and roofed with them. Yes, and furnished too.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

    “If there was one egg in it there were nine,
    Torpedo-like, with shell of gritty leather,
    All packed in sand to wait the trump together.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)