Famous quotes containing the words degree, heart and/or block:
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)
“You took my heart in your hand
With a friendly smile,
With a critical eye you scanned,
Then set it down,
And said: It is still unripe,
Better wait awhile;”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
“The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.”
—Roland Barthes (19151980)