Famous quotes containing the words actual, mechanical and/or advantage:
“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.”
—C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)
“Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)