Calico/people

Famous quotes containing the words calico and/or people:

    In the felt of the morning the calico minded,
    sufficiently starched, insert papers, hit keys,
    efficient and sure as their adding machines;
    yet they weep in the vault,
    Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)

    How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!
    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)