Gold Star Membership

Famous quotes containing the words gold, star and/or membership:

    The fifth day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    Five gold rings,
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 19–21)

    What is Africa to me:
    Copper sun or scarlet sea,
    Jungle star or jungle track,
    Strong bronzed men, or regal black
    Women from whose loins I sprang
    When the birds of Eden sang?
    Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

    The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.
    Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)