Sat/history

Famous quotes containing the words sat and/or history:

“The furniture,
Taken out and examined under the starlight, pleads
No contest. And the backs of those who sat there before.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“It’s a very delicate surgical operation—to cut out the heart without killing the patient. The history of our country, however, is a very tough old patient, and we’ll do the best we can.”
—Dudley Nichols, U.S. screenwriter. Jean Renoir. Sorel (Philip Merivale)