Famous quotes containing the words boat and/or tail:
“When the boat reaches midstream, it is too late to mend the leaks.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Dizzily down the abyss he wheels—
So fell Darius. Upon his crown,
In the midst of the barn-yard he came down,
In a wonderful whirl of tangled strings,
Broken braces and broken springs,
Broken tail and broken wings,”
—John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)