If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.

Philip Henry Sheridan

More information about this quote

Topic

Texas

Speaker

Philip Henry Sheridan

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Military officer

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Sheridan, Philip Henry. Quoted in The Pittsburgh Gazette. Mar. 1866.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Philip Henry Sheridan about texas: “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.”
Download
A quote by Philip Henry Sheridan about texas: “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.”
Download
A quote by Philip Henry Sheridan about texas: “If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1860s

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Marble Faun

More information about this quote
Topic
Passage of time Effects of time Time

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The Marble Faun
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Vol. 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun, edited by Susan Manning. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 24.

Another quote from 1866

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Buy Crime and Punishment at Amazon Buy Crime and Punishment at Amazon
Read Crime and Punishment at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Resistance to change New ideas
Speaker
Raskolnikov

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
Crime and Punishment
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1866 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Feodor. Преступленіе и наказаніе [Crime and Punishment]. The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1866 - Dec. 1866, monthly serial.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment, translated and edited by Michael R. Katz. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.