Final Control Element

Famous quotes containing the words final, control and/or element:

    “He valued emotion—not for itself, but because it is the only final path to intimacy.”
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)

    “Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family’s financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care.”
    —Augustus Y. Napier (20th century)

    “Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a “sense” of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects humor as a contaminating element wherever found. America is a nation of comics and comedians; nevertheless, humor has no stature and is accepted only after the death of the perpetrator.”
    —E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)