Famous quotes containing the words absolute, risk and/or aversion:
““Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Yes, and absolute weakness corrupts absolutely.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“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)
“My aversion from music rests on political grounds.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)