Van Doren Shaw

Famous quotes containing the words van doren, van, doren and/or shaw:

    A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.
    —Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)

    A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.
    —Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)

    Ferdinand De Soto, sleeping
    In the river, never heard
    Four-and-twenty Spanish hooves
    Fling off their iron and cut the green,
    Leaving circles new and clean
    While overhead the wing-tips whirred.
    —Mark Van Doren (1894–1973)

    He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)