London Country North

Famous quotes containing the words london, country and/or north:

    “Our haughty life is crowned with darkness,
    Like London with its own black wreath,”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with the local and state governments are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and suffering ... I will ask the aid of every resource of the Federal Government.... I have the faith in the American people that such a day will not come.”
    —Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)

    “Refinement’s origin:
    the remote north country’s
    rice-planting song.”
    —Matsuo Basho (1644–1694)