Famous quotes containing the word close:
“I remember, I remember
The fir trees dark and high;
I used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky;
It was a childish ignorance,
But now tis little joy
To know Im further off from Heaven
Than when I was a boy.”
—Thomas Hood (17991845)
“Thatcher: Now tell me honestly, my boy. Dont you think its rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise, this Inquirer thats costing you a million dollars a year?
Charles Foster Kane: Youre right, Mr. Thatcher. I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, Ill have to close this place in sixty years.”
—Orson Welles (19151985)
“Listen, little Elia: draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and Ill tell you a story.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940)