Famous quotes containing the words actual and/or emergency:
“As our actual present world ... shows itself more clearlyour world of an aristocracy materialised and null, a middle-class purblind and hideous, a lower class crude and brutalwe shall turn our eyes again, and to more purpose, upon this passionate and dauntless soldier of a forlorn hope.”
—Matthew Arnold (18221888)
“In this country, you never pull the emergency brake, even when there is an emergency. It is imperative that the trains run on schedule.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (19211990)