Famous quotes containing the words total, body and/or water:
“I believe in the total depravity of inanimate things ... the elusiveness of soap, the knottiness of strings, the transitory nature of buttons, the inclination of suspenders to twist and of hooks to forsake their lawful eyes, and cleave only unto the hairs of their hapless owners head.”
—Katharine Walker (18401916)
“I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another mans table, where one is fain to sit mincing and chewing his meat an hour together, drink little, be always wiping his fingers and his chops, and never dare to cough nor sneeze, though he has never so much a mind to it, nor do a many things which a body may do freely by ones self.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (15471616)
“Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before tis a peascod, or a codling when tis almost an apple. Tis with him in standing water between boy and man.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)