Famous quotes containing the words losing, trick and/or count:
“Losing face is as important to people as losing bark is to a tree.”
—Chinese proverb.
“People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. They amuse themselves and other children but their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)
“I count three days
since her beautiful lips
touched the fine wheat
her frail body
disdains nourishment:
she suffers....”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)