Alter

Famous quotes containing the word alter:

    If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be “To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one’s own writings in translation.”
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    Hermia. Good night, sweet friend;
    Thy love ne’er alter till thy sweet life end!
    Lysander. Amen, amen, to that fair prayer say I,
    And then end life when I end loyalty!
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)