Stock/history

Famous quotes containing the words stock and/or history:

    “Death and life were not
    Till man made up the whole,
    Made lock, stock and barrel
    Out of his bitter soul,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.”
    —Malcolm Bradbury (b. 1932)