Native Character Set

Famous quotes containing the words native, character and/or set:

    “Boys dream of native girls who bring breadfruit,
    Whatever they are....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen.”
    —Milan Kundera (b. 1929)

    “O these encounterers, so glib of tongue,
    That give a coasting welcome ere it comes,
    And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts
    To every ticklish reader! Set them down
    For sluttish spoils of opportunity
    And daughters of the game.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)