Famous quotes containing the words oak, forest and/or high:
“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The reason is:
rats leave the sinking ship
but we . . .
we . . .
didnt leave,
so the ship
didnt sink,
and thats madness,
Lears song
thats Touchstones forest jest,
thats swan of Avon logic.”
—Hilda Doolittle (18861961)
“What you have said
I will consider; what you have to say
I will with patience hear, and find a time
Both meet to hear and answer such high things.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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