Famous quotes containing the words grand, customs and/or house:
“It enhances our sense of the grand security and serenity of nature to observe the still undisturbed economy and content of the fishes of this century, their happiness a regular fruit of the summer.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.”
—Herodotus (c. 484424 B.C.)
“Mrs. Susan Hart Neville: Oh, Mr. President, it is so good of you to call on me. Wont you please walk into the parlor and sit down?
President Wilson: I havent time to sit down. Your house is on fire.”
—Woodrow Wilson (18561924)