Famous quotes containing the words village, council and/or president:
“When the enterprising burglar isnt burgling,
When the cut-throat isnt occupied in crime,
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling,
And listen to the merry village chime.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Colonel Bat Guano: Okay, Im going to get your money for you. But if you dont get the President of the United States on that phone, you know whats going to happen to you?
Group Captain Lionel Mandrake: What?
Colonel Bat Guano: Youre going to have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)
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