Famous quotes containing the words colossus and/or mark:
“Now the long-feared Asiatic colossus takes its turn as world leader, and wethe white racehave become the yellow mans burden. Let us hope that he will treat us more kindly than we treated him.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“We mothers are learning to mark our mothering success by our daughters lengthening flight. When they need us, we are fiercely there. But we do not need them to need usor to become us.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)
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