Famous quotes containing the words base, form and/or ends:
“And all the popular statesmen say
That purity built up the State
And after kept it from decay;
Admonish us to cling to that
And let all base ambition be,
For intellect would make us proud....”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.”
—Ben Maddow (19091992)
“The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six oclock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)