Famous quotes containing the words sponge and/or cake:
“Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)
“The first year was like icing.
Then the cake started to show through.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)