Tight Turns

Famous quotes containing the words tight and/or turns:

“When Alexander Pope strolled in the city
Strict was the glint of pearl and gold sedans.
Ladies leaned out more out of fear than pity
For Pope’s tight back was rather a goat’s than man’s.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)