Borrow

Famous quotes containing the word borrow:

“Ellen, I was crazy to read your book; but I never found anybody I could borrow it from!”
—Anonymous Woman (c. 1870–?)

“I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people—the worship of spirits is synonymous with barbarism—it is mere fetish.... There is something philosophic in the worship of the heroes of the human race.”
—George Borrow (1803–1881)

“Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)