Famous quotes containing the words absolute, risk and/or aversion:
“But their determination to banish fools foundered
ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots.”
—Basil Bunting (1900–1985)
“If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotised by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.”
—Robert Hewison (b. 1943)
“Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)