Famous quotes containing the words fine, structure and/or constant:
“... that softening influence of the fine arts which makes other people’s hardships picturesque ...”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)
“Vashtar: So it’s finished. A structure to house one man and the greatest treasure of all time.
Senta: And a structure that will last for all time.
Vashtar: Only history will tell that.
Senta: Sire, will he not be remembered?
Vashtar: Yes, he’ll be remembered. The pyramid’ll keep his memory alive. In that he built better than he knew.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)
“It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.”
—E.T.A.W. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Wilhelm)