Common Year Starting

Famous quotes containing the words common, year and/or starting:

    “It is darker in the woods, even in common nights, than most suppose.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The chrysanthemums’ astringent fragrance comes
    Each year to disguise the clanking mechanism
    Of machine within machine within machine.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there.”
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)