Famous quotes containing the words base and/or amount:
“It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)