Famous quotes containing the words color, desert and/or pattern:
“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Every child has an inner timetable for growth—a pattern unique to him. . . . Growth is not steady, forward, upward progression. It is instead a switchback trail; three steps forward, two back, one around the bushes, and a few simply standing, before another forward leap.”
—Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)