Speckled Peacock Bass

Famous quotes containing the words speckled, peacock and/or bass:

    It is speckled with grime as if
    Small print overspread it,
    The news of a day I’ve forgotten
    If I ever read it.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.
    —Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)

    How are we to know that a Dracula is a key-pounding pianist who lifts his hands up to his face, or that a bass fiddle is the doghouse, or that shmaltz musicians are four-button suit guys and long underwear boys?
    In New York City, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)