Famous quotes containing the word effort:
“God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.”
—Samuel Butler (18351902)
“Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.”
—Herodotus (c. 484424 B.C.)
“And in counterpoint, from other windows,
the effort to be merryay, maracas!
Msibilant, intricatethe voices wailing pleasure,
arriving perhaps at joy, late, after sets
have been switched off, and silences
are dark windows?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
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