Famous quotes containing the words grass and/or system:
“Walking around in the park
Should feel better than work:
The lake, the sunshine,
The grass to lie on....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident—the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.”
—Edward C. Banfield (b. 1916)