Famous quotes containing the words bedford and/or spent:
“The only thing that was dispensed free to the old New Bedford whalemen was a Bible. A well-known owner of one of that city’s whaling fleets once described the Bible as the best cheap investment a shipowner could make.”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)