Famous quotes containing the word put:
““And we are put on earth a little space,
That we may learn to bear the beams of love,”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“People who make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)