Cuthbert Set World

Famous quotes containing the words cuthbert, set and/or world:

    “I will be all things to you. Father, mother, husband, counselor, Japanese bartender.”
    —Mae West, U.S. screenwriter, W.C. Fields, and Edward Cline. Cuthbert Twillie (W.C. Fields)

    “The extra worry began it—on the
    Blue blue mountain—she never set foot
    And then and there. Meanwhile the host
    Mourned her quiet tenure. They all stayed chatting.
    No one did much about eating.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “I will try to be non-violent
    one more day
    this morning, waking the world away
    in the violent day.”
    —Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)