Famous quotes containing the words advanced, air and/or striking:
“I dont say tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (16891762)
“Speak the speech ... trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it ... I had as lief the town crier had spoke my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say the whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The most striking fault in work by young or beginning novelists, submitted for criticism, is irrelevancedue either to infatuation or indecision. To direct such an authors attention to the imperative of relevance is certainly the most usefuland possibly the onlyhelp that can be given.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (18991973)