Narrow

Famous quotes containing the word narrow:

    A narrow compass! and yet there
    Dwelt all that’s good, and all that’s fair!
    Edmund Waller (1606–1687)

    On this narrow planet, we have only the choice between two unknown worlds. One of them tempts us—ah! what a dream, to live in that!—the other stifles us at the first breath.
    Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

    ... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights.
    bell hooks (b. c. 1955)