Famous quotes containing the words long, narrow and/or side:
“It seemed a long way from 143rd Street. Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Dancing with the Duke of Devonshire was a long way from not being allowed to bowl in Jefferson City, Missouri, because the white customers complained about it.”
—Althea Gibson (b. 1927)
“A narrow compass! and yet there
Dwelt all that’s good, and all that’s fair!”
—Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)