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)
“The air deals blows: surely too hard, too often?
No: it is bent on bringing summer down.
Dead leaves desert in thousands, outwards, upwards,
Numerous as birds; but the birds fly away....”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
“Here we are, were alone in the universe, theres no God, it just seems that it all began by something as simple as sunlight striking on a piece of rock. And here we are. Weve only got ourselves. Somehow, weve just got to make a go of it. Weve only ourselves.”
—John Osborne (b. 1929)
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