Greater Sandhill Crane

Famous quotes containing the words greater, sandhill and/or crane:

    “Hunger for gold is made greater as more gold is acquired.”
    —Aurelius Clemens Prudentius (c. 348–405)

    “In the sandhill country, where the going was tougher, leaner, and lonelier, and the folklore tougher, fatter, and more plentiful, history may be retraced in the amusements of the people.”
    —For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “Always and last, before the final ring
    When all the fireworks blare, begins
    A tom-tom scrimmage with a somewhere violin,
    Some cheapest echo of them all—begins.”
    —Hart Crane (1899–1932)