Spent

Famous quotes containing the word spent:

“For Afro-Americans, it could be argued that every year they’ve spent in this country since they arrived in chains to perform forced labor has been 1984.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)

“Ye have been fresh and green,
Ye have been fill’d with flowers:
And ye the Walks have been
Where Maids have spent their houres.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)

“The Law of Triviality ... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.”
—C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)