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)