1884 Quotes

#1. When he first returned to the Badlands in the summer of 1884, the austere landscape seemed to mirror his melancholy.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

#2. Under the gold standard America had no major financial panics other than in 1873, 1884, 1890, 1893, 1907, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933.

Paul Krugman

#3. George Sears, called Nessmuk, whose "Woodcraft," published in 1884, was the first American book on forest camping, and is written with so much wisdom, wit, and insight that it makes Henry David Thoreau seem alien, humorless, and French.

John McPhee

#4. It was on the 10th day of May - 1884 - that I confessed to age by mounting spectacles for the first time, and in the same hour I renewed my youth, to outward appearance, by mounting a bicycle for the first time. The spectacles stayed on.

Mark Twain

#5. Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.

Calamity Jane

#6. A great number of soundings, mainly along the continental slope of the New England States were also taken by the vessels of the United States Fish Commission. Important soundings were made by the United States Fish Commission steamer ALBATROSS in the Caribbean, during the winter of 1883-1884.

Alexander Agassiz

#7. Would you put it past Darth Sullivan to figure out a way to haunt you postmortem? He's probably holding staff meetings in the afterworld. Offering up performance evaluations. Issuing dictates.

Chloe Neill

#8. They say pu$$y and paper is poetry power and pistols.

Tupac Shakur

#9. It's a lot of fun coming out for a practice round and having the crowd behind you and cheering you on (a few) days before the event.

Annika Sorenstam

#10. My professional life in Hollywood has been filled with joy and laughter.

Carroll O'Connor

#11. The best way to make a steak is grilled over an open flame or pan sauteed in a cast iron skillet.

Roy Yamaguchi