Famous quotes containing the words west, adams and/or heights:
“When choosing between two evils, I always like to pick the one I never tried before.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)
“There are two things that seem to be at the bottom of our constitutions; one is a continual tendency towards politics; the other is family pride; and it is strange how these two feelings run through all of us.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.”
—Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)