Famous quotes containing the words form, design and/or note:
“So that if you would form a just judgment of what is of infinite importance to you not to be misled in,namely, in what degree of real merit you stand ... call in religion and morality.Look,What is written in the law of God?How readest thou?Consult calm reason and the unchangeable obligations of justice and truth;Mwhat say they?”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life ... for fear that I should get some of his good done to me,some of its virus mingled with my blood.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“To note an artists limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.”
—Willa Cather (18761947)