Brien Began

Famous quotes containing the words brien and/or began:

“The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.”
—Alan Brien (b. 1925)

“Then he rang the bell and ordered a ham sandwich. When the maid placed the plate on the table, he deliberately looked away but as soon as the door had shut, he grabbed the sandwich with both hands, immediately soiled his fingers and chin with the hanging margin of fat and, grunting greedily, began to much.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)