Butterfly Peacock Bass

Famous quotes containing the words peacock and/or bass:

“The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.”
—Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)

“How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
—In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)