Famous quotes containing the words traditional and/or clothes:
“The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.”
—Benjamin Lee Whorf (18971934)
“Too often when you thought youd be showered with confetti
What they flung at you was a plate of hot spaghetti
Youve put your fancy clothes and flashy gems in hock
Yet you pause before your fathers door afraid to knock”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)