Famous quotes containing the words goal and/or state:
“To enumerate the different trades by which the women in New York are endeavoringnot to livethat for many of them is as utterly unattainable a goal as the end of the rainbowbut simply to postpone as long as possible their appearance at the morgue or the cemeteryto attempt to do this would be useless.”
—Katharine Pearson Woods (18531923)
“In time the scouring of wind and rain will wear down the ranges and plane off the region until it has the drab monotony of the older deserts. In the meantimea two-million-year meantimetravelers may enjoy the cruel beauties of a desert in its youth,....”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)