Vincent Hayden Bradford

Famous quotes containing the words vincent, hayden and/or bradford:

    “Lincoln, six feet one in his stocking feet,
    The lank man, knotty and tough as a hickory rail,
    Whose hands were always too big for white-kid gloves,
    Whose wit was a coonskin sack of dry, tall tales,
    Whose weathered face was homely as a plowed field.”
    —Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)

    “If you see my Pompey, 30 yrs of age,
    new breeches, plain stockings, negro shoes;
    if you see my Anna, likely young mulatto
    branded E on the right cheek, R on the left,
    catch them if you can and notify subscriber.”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “I feel all dead inside. I’m backed up in a dark corner and I don’t know who’s hitting me!”
    —Jay Dratler, U.S. screenwriter, Bernard Schoenfeld, and Henry Hathaway. Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens)