Famous quotes containing the words tristram shandy, life, opinions and/or tristram:
“Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Sleep, beloved, such a sleep
As did that wild Tristram know
When, the potion’s work being done,
Roe could run or doe could leap
Under oak and beechen bough,
Roe could leap or doe could run....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)