Louis Stevenson State

Famous quotes containing the words louis stevenson, louis, stevenson and/or state:

    How do you like to go up in a swing,
    Up in the air so blue?
    Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
    Ever a child can do!
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    The friendly cow, all red and white,
    I love with all my heart:
    She gives me cream with all her might,
    To eat with apple tart.
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    He sows hurry and reaps indigestion.
    —Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)

    If there is a gratification which I envy any people in this world it is to your country [Italy] its music. This is the favorite passion of my soul, and fortune has cast my lot in a country where it is in a state of deplorable barbarism.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)