Christopher Street Day/berlin

Famous quotes containing the words christopher, street, day and/or berlin:

    They are not long, the weeping and the laughter,
    Love and desire and hate:
    I think they have no portion in us after
    We pass the gate.
    —Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867–1900)

    If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false statement I could never stay there five minutes. But why come out? The street is as false as the church, and when I get to my house, or to my manners, or to my speech, I have not got away from the lie.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    What a hundred years is not enough to build, one day is more than enough to destroy.
    Chinese proverb.

    Oh, how I hate to get up in the morning,
    Oh, how I’d love to remain in bed.
    —Irving Berlin (1888–1989)