Famous quotes containing the word corner:
“Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day’s work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably—why, then I don’t think I deserve any reward for my hard day’s work—for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)