Basic Intent

Famous quotes containing the words basic and/or intent:

“It is easier to move rivers and mountains than to change a person’s basic nature.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The intent escalator lifts a serenade
Stilly
Of shoes, umbrellas, each eye attending its shoe, then
Bolting outright somewhere above where streets
Burst suddenly in rain. . . .”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)