Famous quotes containing the words york, mining and/or disaster:
“In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)
“It’s a mining town in lotus land.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)