Days

Famous quotes containing the word days:

    “There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Man with lantern: Who are you?
    Captain: The Flying Cloud. 220 days out of New York and 50 days trying to find your blasted harbor.
    Man with lantern: Nobody asked you to come.
    Captain: Got anything in this hog-end of the world except fog?
    Man with lantern: Sure, we’ve got gold, fountains of gold.”
    —Ben Hecht (1893–1964)

    “Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin.”
    —James Thurber (1894–1961)