River Red Gums

Famous quotes containing the words river, red and/or gums:

“Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident.”
—Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)

“In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn’t be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)

“The witch’s face was cross and wrinkled,
The witch’s gums with teeth were sprinkled.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)