States Wins Silver

Famous quotes containing the words states, wins and/or silver:

    “A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “You always read about it:
    the plumber with twelve children
    who wins the Irish Sweepstakes.
    From toilets to riches.
    That story.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “His golden locks time hath to silver turned;
    O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing!
    His youth ‘gainst time and age hath ever spurned,
    But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing.
    Beauty, strength, youth are flowers but fading seen;
    Duty, faith, love are roots, and ever green.”
    —George Peele (1559–1596)