The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog
A coherent, short phrase that uses every letter of the alphabet. See pangram for more examples.
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Famous quotes containing the words quick, brown, fox, jumps, lazy and/or dog:
“repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the
sea;
the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“What have Massachusetts and the North sent a few sane representatives to Congress for, of late years?... All their speeches put together and boiled down ... do not match for manly directness and force, and for simple truth, the few casual remarks of crazy John Brown on the floor of the Harper’s Ferry engine-house,—that man whom you are about to hang, to send to the other world, though not to represent you there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Many scraps make a lot; fox furs, sewn together, make a fine robe.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Stiff springy jumps down the snowfields
Head held back, forefeet out,
Balls tight in a tough hair sack”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
“When receiving an order, many servants repeat their “yes” numerous times, especially the lazy ones.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, “What’s in it for me?””
—Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994)