Famous quotes containing the words sled, dog and/or race:
“I weathered some merry snow-storms, and spent some cheerful winter evenings by my fireside, while the snow whirled wildly without, and even the hooting of the owl was hushed. For many weeks I met no one in my walks but those who came occasionally to cut wood and sled it to the village.... For human society I was obliged to conjure up the former occupants of these woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“When a rich mans dog died, everyone commiserated. When a poor man lost his mother, no one noticed.”
—Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.
“It doesnt matter whether youre talking about bombs or the intelligence quotients of one race as against another ... if a man is a scientist, like me, hell always say Publish and be damned.”
—Jacob Bronowski (19081974)