Famous quotes containing the word hollow:
“The style, the house and grounds, and entertainment pass for nothing with me. I called on the king, but he made me wait in his hall, and conducted like a man incapacitated for hospitality. There was a man in my neighborhood who lived in a hollow tree. His manners were truly regal. I should have done better had I called on him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“I dont give a hoot in a hollow if theres oranges and grapes a-crowdin us out of bed, I aint goin to California! This is my country and I belong here. This is my dirt. Its no good, but its mine.”
—Nunnally Johnson (18971977)
“Ceremony was but devised at first
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)