Noble Grand

Famous quotes containing the words noble and/or grand:

    my pleasure
    was in the strength of my back,
    in my noble shoulders, the cool
    smooth flesh cylinders of my arms.
    Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    We are now going through a period of demolition. In morals, in social life, in politics, in medicine, and in religion there is a universal upturning of foundations. But the day of reconstruction seems to be looming, and now the grand question is: Are there any sure and universal principles that will evolve a harmonious system in which we shall all agree?
    Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)