Won World Cup

Famous quotes containing the words won, world and/or cup:

    “Is it true or false that Belfast is north of London? That the galaxy is the shape of a fried egg? That Beethoven was a drunkard? That Wellington won the battle of Waterloo? There are various degrees and dimensions of success in making statements: the statements fit the facts always more or less loosely, in different ways on different occasions for different intents and purposes.”
    —J.L. (John Langshaw)

    “Justice?—You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.”
    —William Gaddis (b. 1922)

    “The cup of Morgan Fay is shattered.
    Life is a bitter sage,
    And we are weary infants
    In a palsied age.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)