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Sam Walter Foss
8 quotes
“Bring me men to match my mountains, Bring me men to match my plains, Men with empires in their purpose, And new eras in their brains.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) first seen 1894 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Coming American" (July 4, 1894), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“We felt the universe wuz safe, an' God wuz on his throne.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The volunteer Organist, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The sweet mellifluous milking of the cow.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Milking of the Cow, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“He had a startling genius, but somehow it did n't emerge; Always on the evolution of things that would n't evolve; Always verging toward some climax, but he never reached the verge; Always nearing the solution of some theme he could not solve.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Inventor, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“There are purple grapes in the Land of Git-Thare.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Land of Git-Thare, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“I say the very things that make the greatest Stir An' the most interestin' things, are things that did n't occur.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Things that did n't occur, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Strew gladness on the paths of men— You will not pass this way again.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I shall not pass this Way again, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). The title of this poem derives from a saying of William Penn.
“A hundred thousand men were led By one calf near three centuries dead; They followed still his crooked way And lost a hundred years a day; For thus such reverence is lent To well-established precedent.”
Sam Walter Foss (1858–1911) said by 1911 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Calf-Path, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).