Sad Eyed Lady

Famous quotes containing the words sad, eyed and/or lady:

    “It is remarkable that almost all speakers and writers feel it to be incumbent on them, sooner or later, to prove or acknowledge the personality of God. Some Earl of Bridgewater, thinking it better late than never, has provided for it in his will. It is a sad mistake.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “This morning, there flew up the lane
    A timid lady-bird to our bird-bath
    And eyed her image dolefully as death;”
    —John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

    “The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.”
    —Lady Bird Johnson (b. 1912)