Fragments Survived

Famous quotes containing the words fragments and/or survived:

    “I was even more surprised at the power of the waves, exhibited on this shattered fragment, than I had been at the sight of the smaller fragments before. The largest timbers and iron braces were broken superfluously, and I saw that no material could withstand the power of the waves; that iron must go to pieces in such a case, and an iron vessel would be cracked up like an egg- shell on the rocks.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.”
    —Stephen Vizinczey (b. 1933)