Alter

Famous quotes containing the word alter:

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

“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)

“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)