Famous quotes containing the words special, election and/or held:
“Hes leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropfs and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“A husband who submits to his wifes yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A womans influence ought to be entirely concealed.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)