Famous quotes containing the words french, lick and/or springs:
“Tis all dependin whether
The ould engin howlds together
And it might now, Michael, so it might!”
—William Percy French (18541920)
“Professor: War is hell, Mr. Thornhill, even if its just a cold one.
Roger Thornhill: If you fellows cant lick the Vandamms of this world without asking girls like her to bed down with them, and fly away with them, and probably never come back, perhaps you ought to start learning how to lose a few cold wars.
Professor: Im afraid were already doing that.”
—Ernest Lehman (b.1920)
“Out of the slimy mud of words, out of the sleet and hail of verbal imprecisions,
Approximate thoughts and feelings, words that have taken the place of thoughts and feelings,
There springs the perfect order of speech, and the beauty of incantation.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)