Famous quotes containing the words twist, drill and/or bit:
“Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
“You mean,” he said, “a crocodile.””
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)
“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
“University degrees are a bit like adultery: you may not want to get involved with that sort of thing, but you don’t want to be thought incapable.”
—Peter, Sir Imbert (b. 1933)