Famous quotes containing the words elysian fields, elysian, fields and/or high:
“I am dead: dead, but in the Elysian fields.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“I am dead: dead, but in the Elysian fields.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
“I will never accept that I got a free ride. It wasn’t free at all. My ancestors were brought here against their will. They were made to work and help build the country. I worked in the cotton fields from the age of seven. I worked in the laundry for twenty- three years. I worked for the national organization for nine years. I just retired from city government after twelve-and-a- half years.”
—Johnnie Tillmon (b. 1926)
“Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)