Van Wert High

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

    “Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young,
    Who loved thee so fondly as he?
    He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue,
    And joined in thy innocent glee.”
    —Margaret Courtney (1822–1862)

    “The high plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them. Like Jacob’s angel, the region requires that you wrestle with it before it bestows a blessing.”
    —Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)