Famous quotes containing the words young, snakes and/or playing:
“And oh! if my young babe were born,
And set upon the nurses knee,
And I my self were dead and gone
For a maid again Ill never be.”
—Unknown. Waly, Waly (l. 3740)
“Or driven wild
by snakes that kept the carrots clean,
she butchered snakes and carrots with a hoe.”
—Richard Hugo (19231982)
“Ive given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. Ive had prima donnas break $10,000 engagements to come to my smallest dinners. When you were still playing button back in Ohio, I entertained on a cruising trip that was so much fun that I had to sink my yacht to make my guests go home.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940)