Famous quotes containing the words white, tie and/or elements:
“One revelation has been made to the Indian, another to the white man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“No one can tear your thread out of himself.
No one can tie you down or set you free.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Our institutions have a potent digestion, and may in time convert and assimilate to good all elements thrown in, however originally alien.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)