Standing Corkscrew

Famous quotes containing the words standing and/or corkscrew:

    Capitán profundo, capitán geloso,
    Ask us not to sing standing in the sun,
    Hairy-backed and hump-armed,
    Flat-ribbed and big-bagged.
    Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    An accurate charting of the American woman’s progress through history might look more like a corkscrew tilted slightly to one side, its loops inching closer to the line of freedom with the passage of time—but like a mathematical curve approaching infinity, never touching its goal. . . . Each time, the spiral turns her back just short of the finish line.
    Susan Faludi (20th century)