Reed

Famous quotes containing the word reed:

“I’ve always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it’s because many American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

“And the frigid burnings of purgatory will not be touched
By any emollient.”
—Henry Reed (1914–1986)

“I do not live in the world of sobriety.”
—Oliver Reed (b. 1938)