Famous quotes containing the word fine:
“In those rare days, the press was seldom known to snarl or bark,
But sweetly sang of men in powr, like any tuneful lark;
Grave judges, too, to all their evil deeds were in the dark;
And not a man in twenty score knew how to make his mark.
Oh the fine old English Tory times;”
—Charles Dickens (18121890)
“Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“I have come to realize that in every person there is something fine and pure and noble, along with a desire for self-fulfillment.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
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