Appointed Emperor

Famous quotes containing the words appointed and/or emperor:

    “The meeting, in spite of my attempt to decline it, appointed me one of the delegates, so that in getting Baker the nomination, I shall be “fixed” a good deal like a fellow who is made groomsman to the man what has cut him out, and is marrying his own dear “gal.””
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “Let be be finale of seem.
    The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)