Shanghai/culture/fashion

Famous quotes containing the words shanghai, culture and/or fashion:

    “It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.”
    —Jules Furthman (1888–1960)

    “When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.”
    —Karl Kraus (1874–1936)

    “I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go down stairs five miles or more; & if he don’t attain the bottom, why, all the lead in Galena can’t fashion the plummet that will.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)