Bought

Famous quotes containing the word bought:

    The cherry orchard is now mine!... I bought the estate on which my grandfather and father were slaves, where they were not even permitted in the kitchen.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    Flaemmchen: Did you ever see a stenographer with a decent frock on?
    The Baron: I have indeed.
    Flaemmchen: One she’d bought herself?
    The Baron: Oh, I see what you mean.
    William A. Drake (1900–1965)

    Our foreparents were mostly brought from West Africa.... We were brought to America and our foreparents were sold; white people bought them; white people changed their names ... my maiden name is supposed to be Townsend, but really, what is my maiden name? What is my name?
    Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)