Famous quotes containing the words war, november, october, seventh, fish and/or flying:
“Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind,
That from the nunnery
Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind
To war and arms I fly.”
—Richard Lovelace (16181658)
“The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.”
—Herbert Hoover (18741964)
“The autumnal change of our woods has not yet made a deep impression on our own literature yet. October has hardly tinged our poetry.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Hard-hearted girl,
get rid of these doubts
based on false rumor.
Its not good
to subject me to sorrow
because of backbiters words,
or have you decided now,
silly girl,
that its all true?
Do to me what you will,
sweetheart.
Suit yourself.”
—Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)
“My face is muffled in my mothers clothing. Her rhinestones injure me. See: my feet are going. Fish flee the forefinger of my aunt. The sun streams over the geraniums. What has this to do with what I feel, with what I am.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)
“Im a lumberjack
And Im OK,
I sleep all night
And I work all day.”
—Monty Pythons Flying Circus. broadcast Dec. 1969. Monty Pythons Flying Circus (TV series)