Famous quotes containing the words noble, gas and/or atom:
“Man know thy powers, and not observe thy size,
The noble power in piercing reason lies,
And reason conquers all, and rules the skies.”
—Marcus Manilius (10 B.C.–A.D. 30)
“Shielded, what sorts of life are stirring yet:
Legs lagged like drains, slippers soft as fungus,
The gas and grate, the old cold sour grey bed.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“The savages don’t have atom bombs.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)