Famous quotes containing the words fast, leg and/or theory:
“For men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive, sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into the masses. And where is the David who can slay this giant?”
—Lillian Smith (18971966)
“We dont arrive at it by standing on one leg or on the first day of our setting outbut though we may jostle one another on the way that is no reason why we should strike or trampleelbowings enough.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“The theory seems to be that so long as a man is a failure he is one of Gods chillun, but that as soon as he has any luck he owes it to the Devil.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)