Famous quotes containing the words van and/or overthrow:
“A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.”
—Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)
“There is something singularly grand and impressive in the sound of a tree falling in a perfectly calm night like this, as if the agencies which overthrow it did not need to be excited, but worked with a subtle, deliberate, and conscious force, like a boa-constrictor, and more effectively then than even in a windy day.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)