Edgar Whitcomb/early Life

Famous quotes containing the words whitcomb, early and/or life:

    “a feller is a-feelin’ at his best,
    With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
    As he leaves the house, bare-headed, and goes out to feed the stock,
    When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock.”
    —James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)

    “Parents ... are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don’t fulfil the promise of their early years.”
    —Anthony Powell (b. 1905)

    “The end of a life is always vivifying.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)