Alter

Famous quotes containing the word alter:

    In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    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)

    I think we ought to be able to alter the whole system—but not by bullying, not because one lot wants what the other has got.
    —D.H. (David Herbert)