Wing Began

Famous quotes containing the words wing and/or began:

    “the embattled flaming multitude
    Who rise, wing above wing, flame above flame,
    And, like a storm, cry the Ineffable Name,
    And with the clashing of their sword-blades make
    A rapturous music, till the morning break....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Once, when lying in bed with no paper at hand, he began to sketch the idea for a new machine on the back of his wife’s nightgown. He asked her if she knew the figure he was drawing. “Yes,” she answered, “the figure of a fool.””
    —For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)