Famous quotes containing the words buying and/or power:
“Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.”
—Helen Rowland (1875–1950)
“A seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the hard finish of the men. The Englishman is finished like a cowry or a murex.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)