Lean Burn Spark

Famous quotes containing the words lean, burn and/or spark:

    “Never to walk from the station’s lamps and laurels
    Carrying my father’s lean old leather case
    Crumbling like the register at the hotel....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Theodotus: Caesar: once in ten generations of men, the world gains an immortal book. Caesar: If it did not flatter mankind, the common executioner would burn it.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “The applause and the favour of our fellow-men
    Fan even a spark of genius to a flame.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)