Famous quotes containing the words custom, dice and/or game:
“The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!”
—Frances Burney (17521840)
“When God throws the dice are loaded.”
—Greek proverb.
“I hate that aesthetic game of the eye and the mind, played by these connoisseurs, these mandarins who appreciate beauty. What is beauty, anyway? Theres no such thing. I never appreciate, any more than I like. I love or I hate.”
—Pablo Picasso (18811973)