Hood Hastings Bass

Famous quotes containing the words hood, hastings and/or bass:

    “Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
    And used to war’s alarms;
    But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
    So he laid down his arms.”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “Janie works hard, of course, and she’s a good wife and mother, but do you know she’s never once made a gingerbread house with her children?”
    —Mildred Hastings (b. 1924)

    “How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?”
    —In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)