Famous quotes containing the words chief, cup and/or bearer:
“We thrive by casualties. Our chief experiences have been casual.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Sunday morning may be cheery enough, with its extra cup of coffee and litter of Sunday newspapers, but there is always hanging over it the ominous threat of 3 P.M., when the sun gets around to the back windows and life stops dead in its tracks.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“The bearer of evil tidings,
When he was halfway there,
Remembered that evil tidings
Were a dangerous thing to bear.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)