(59 quotes found)
“In Switzerland, on a high mountain, not far from Lucerne, there is a lake they call Pilate's Pond, which the Devil has fixed upon as one of the chief residences of his evil spirits”
Martin Luther
“There are a sort of men whose visagesDo cream and mantle like a standing pond.”
William Shakespeare
“Four ducks on a pond, / A grass-bank beyond, / A blue sky of spring, / White clouds on the wing: / What a little thing / To remember for years - / To remember with tears!”
William Allingham
“Figure skating is an amazing ride. It takes you from feeling like the lowest scum in the pond, like two hours ago. And now I feel like a flower growing out of the pond.”
Johnny Weir
“ he says. ''It was one of those ponds that are stocked with fish. He told me not to bring any live bait. I got there and he was already waiting for me. He said, 'What's in the cooler?' and I said, 'I brought a couple of beers.' He said, 'No beer on this boat,' and I said, 'No fishing for me on this boat. See ya.' ”
Ted Williams
“Every sentence he manages to utter scatters its component parts like pond water from a verb chasing its own tail”
Clive James
“Fish say, they have their stream and pond;But is there anything beyond?”
Rupert Brooke
“The impact that these geese are having is substantial not just on our lakes and ponds but on our ball fields, ... We have to figure out how to share with the geese rather than concede to them the whole town.”
Bruce Barber
“The impact that these geese are having is substantial — not just on our lakes and ponds but on our ball fields, ... We have to figure out how to share with the geese rather than concede to them the whole town.”
“With gasoline prices declining here and across the pond during the month of October, any downside to this (PPI) figure will be hugely welcome for the market and equities could push higher.”
Angus Campbell
