Famous quotes containing the word put:
“Too often when you thought you’d be showered with confetti
What they flung at you was a plate of hot spaghetti
You’ve put your fancy clothes and flashy gems in hock
Yet you pause before your father’s door afraid to knock”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)