Famous quotes containing the words die, des and/or orion:
“Live fast, die young and have a good-looking corpse.”
—Daniel Taradash, U.S. screenwriter, and John Monks, Jr., screenwriter. Nicholas Ray. Nick Romano (John Derek)
“When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didnt come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education, where people wear three-piece suits and dark socks, often simultaneously.”
—Bill Bryson (b. 1951)
“You know Orion always comes up sideways.
Throwing a leg up over our fence of mountains,
And rising on his hands....”
—Robert Frost (18741963)