Continuous Power Dissipation

Famous quotes containing the words continuous, power and/or dissipation:

    I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
    Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)

    I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found myself as free as air and could not bear the thought of putting myself in any man’s power for life only from a present capricious inclination.
    Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)

    But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.
    Rebecca West (1892–1983)