Minutes Silence

Famous quotes containing the words minutes and/or silence:

“The death of William Tecumseh Sherman, which took place to-day at his residence in the city of New York at 1 o’clock and 50 minutes p.m., is an event that will bring sorrow to the heart of every patriotic citizen. No living American was so loved and venerated as he.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)

“But with exquisite breathing you smile, with satisfaction of love,
And I touch you again as you tick in the silence and settle in
sleep.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)