World Cup Van

Famous quotes containing the words world, cup and/or van:

    A man cannot wheedle nor overawe his Genius. It requires to be conciliated by nobler conduct than the world demands or can appreciate.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    In poorer lands
    No one touches the water of life.
    It has no taste
    And though it refreshes absolutely
    It is a cup that must also pass
    Until everybody
    Gets some advantage....
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you—but my friends never leave me.”
    Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)