Slippery Pavement

Famous quotes containing the words slippery and/or pavement:

“In mind, she was of a strong and vigorous turn, having from her earliest youth devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it commonly pursues its way.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

“I have often walked down this street before, but the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before.”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)