Empty Space Peter

Famous quotes containing the words empty, space and/or peter:

    “The water never formed to mind or voice,
    Like a body wholly body, fluttering
    Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic motion
    Made constant cry,”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Through space the universe encompasses and swallows me up like an atom; through thought I comprehend the world.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper;
    A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.
    If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
    Where’s the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?”
    —Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (l. 1–4)