Plate Display

Famous quotes containing the words plate and/or display:

    “Say “Yessum” to the ladies, an’ “Yessur” to the men,
    And when they’s company, don’t pass yer plate for pie again;
    But, thinkin’ of the things yer’d like to see upon that tree,
    Jes ‘fore Christmas be as good as yer kin be!”
    —Eugene Field (1850–1895)

    “Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud.”
    —Maurice Blanchot (b. 1907)