Whistle/history

Famous quotes containing the words whistle and/or history:

    “All we who prefer to live
    Have a little whistle we give,
    And flash, at the least alarm
    We dive down under the farm.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.”
    —Conor Cruise O’Brien (b. 1917)