Totem Poles

Famous quotes containing the words totem poles, totem and/or poles:

“Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)

“The Poles do not know how to hate, thank God.”
—Stefan, Cardinal Wyszynski (1901–1981)