Fis Alpine World

Famous quotes containing the words alpine and/or world:

    “The shades of night were falling fast,
    As through an Alpine village passed
    A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
    A banner with the strange device,
    Excelsior!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)

    “It’s like the Beatles coming together again—let’s hope they don’t go on a world tour.”
    —Matt Frei, British journalist. Quoted in Listener (London, June 21, 1990)