Quotes for All
I kissed her, he explained, aggrieved. Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence. Lyall sharpened his pen nib, using a small copper blade that ejected from the end of his glassicals. Well! Why hasn’t she done anything about it? the Alpha wanted to know. You mean like whack … Read more
When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers. Ernestine Rose
The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck. Eric Bristow
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds to one great roof of flame above the earth, so that I walk through fire, beneath fire, and all in beauty. Being alone I could not be alone, but felt … Read more
The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,/ set the clouds/ to one great roof of flame/ above the earth. Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
There was an Old Man of Columbia, Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer; But they brought it quite hot, in a small copper pot, Which disgusted that Man of Columbia. Edward Lear
Does it seem all but incredible to you that intelligence should travel for two thousand miles, along those slender copper lines, far down in the all but fathomless Atlantic; never before penetrated … save when some foundering vessel has plunged with her hapless company to the eternal silence and darkness of the abyss? Does it … Read more
It is an advantage to all narrow wisdom and narrow morals that their maxims have a plausible air; and, on a cursory view, appear equal to first principles. They are light and portable. They are as current as copper coin; and about as valuable. Edmund Burke
What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling. Ebenezer Elliott
As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering \”Yes\” to \”Am I my brother’s copper?\” He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked \”stop. Franklin P. Adams