Lightning Strike

Famous quotes containing the words lightning and/or strike:

“Would not some lightning flash of vision sear people’s consciousness into life again? What was the good of stopping the war if armies continued?”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

“Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)