Famous quotes containing the words straw, hat and/or pirates:
“That when she essayed
To drink lemonade,
She slipped through the straw and fell in.”
—Unknown. There Was a Young Lady of Lynn (l. 35)
“Walk in this faithless grass with studious tread,
Lest mice, weasels, germane beasts, too soon
The tall hat and eyes, the fierce feet, for dead
Descry, and fix you prone in their revelling moon.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
“Power first, or no leading class. In politics and trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)