Final Top Ten

Famous quotes containing the words final, top and/or ten:

    “Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it’s fresh, we’re on the ocean. Of course it’s for sale, we’re not giving it away. Of course it’s here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH.”
    —Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)

    “The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.”
    —Russell Lynes (b. 1910)

    “I detest the thought of him
    With his ten children under ten years old.
    I hate his wretched little Racker Sect,
    All’s ever I heard of it, which isn’t much.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)