Grey Cup/history

Famous quotes containing the words grey, cup and/or history:

“Few colors last; with their eternal thirst, time and light suck on them, and they bleach the black doctor’s hat until it’s grey like a dunce’s cap.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“I know it does make people happy, but to me it is just like having a cup of tea.”
—Cynthia Paine (b. 1934)

“I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change; and that passé abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)