Attractive Fixed Point

Famous quotes containing the words attractive, fixed and/or point:

    “Mrs. Robinson: Do you find me undesirable?
    Benjamin: Oh, no, Mrs. Robinson. I think you’re the most attractive of all my parents’ friends.”
    —Calder Willingham (1923–1995)

    “I, who travel most often for my pleasure, do not direct myself so badly. If it looks ugly on the right, I take the left; if I find myself unfit to ride my horse, I stop.... Have I left something unseen behind me? I go back; it is still on my road. I trace no fixed line, either straight or crooked.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “I laugh when I think that all of Rome made it a point not to pronounce Drusilla’s name. Because Rome was mistaken for all those years. Love is not enough for me, and I understood that then.... To love someone is to accept to grow old with her. An old Drusilla is far worse than a dead one.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)