Famous quotes containing the words red, imported and/or fire:
“What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?”
—Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen] (18851962)
“If the jests that you crack have an orthodox smack,
You may get a bland smile from these sages;
But should it, by chance, be imported from France,
Half-a-crown is stopped out of your wages!”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18361911)
“I havent much opinion of words.... Theyre apt to set fire to a dry tongue, thats what I say.”
—Ellen Glasgow (18741945)
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