Famous quotes containing the words country, flight and/or time:
“A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.”
—German proverb.
“Its shrill scream seems yet to linger in its throat, and the roar of the sea in its wings. There is the tyranny of Jove in its claws, and his wrath in the erectile feathers of the head and neck. It reminds me of the Argonautic expedition, and would inspire the dullest to take flight over Parnassus.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I ain’t got time to learn. I can work like mans now.”
—Willa Cather (1873–1947)