York State Fire

Famous quotes containing the words york, state and/or fire:

    “New York is what Paris was in the twenties ... the center of the art world. And we want to be in the center. It’s the greatest place on earth.... I’ve got a lot of friends here and I even brought my own cash.”
    —John Lennon (1940–1980)

    “Though seen but once, it helps to wash out State Street and the engine’s soot.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The fire I praise was once perduring flame
    Till it snuffs with our generation out;
    No matter, it’s all one, it’s but a name
    Not as late honeysuckle half so stout....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)