Famous quotes containing the words hind leg, hind and/or leg:
“When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler, the problem has not only entered the public consciousnessit has also become a part of the public conscience. At that point, things in our democracy begin to hum.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (19111978)
“When people generally are aware of a problem, it can be said to have entered the public consciousness. When people get on their hind legs and holler, the problem has not only entered the public consciousnessit has also become a part of the public conscience. At that point, things in our democracy begin to hum.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (19111978)
“Farmers in overalls and wide-brimmed straw hats lounge about the store on hot summer days, when the most common sound is the thump-thump-thump of a hounds leg on the floor as he scratches contentedly. Oldtime hunters say that fleas are a hounds salvation: his constant twisting and clawing in pursuit of the tormentors keeps his joints supple.”
—Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)