Approaches

Famous quotes containing the word approaches:

“Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I steadfastly believe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.”
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

“Someone approaches to say his life is ruined
and to fall down at your feet
and pound his head upon the sidewalk.”
—David Ignatow (b. 1914)