Van Wert High

Famous quotes containing the words van, wert and/or high:

    “‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “O wert thou in the cauld blast,
    On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
    My plaidie to the angry airt,
    I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee.”
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)

    “No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.”
    —Otto Weininger (1880–1903)