Famous quotes containing the words absolute, risk and/or aversion:
“Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite.”
—Marlon Brando (b. 1924)
“It is not a piece of fine feminine Spitalfields silk—but is of the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships’ cables & hausers. A Polar wind blows through it, & birds of prey hover over it. Warn all gentle fastidious people from so much as peeping into the book—on risk of a lumbago & sciatics.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“My aversion from music rests on political grounds.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)