Famous quotes containing the word notion:
“The very notion of tabu is one of the rightest notions in the world. Better any old tabu than none, for a man cannot be said to be on the side of the stars at all, unless he makes refusals.”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (18791944)
“If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a mans life would only serve to make a chronological tablea fools notion of history.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
“Im ashamed of myself and this magazine too. The sloppy, slovenly notion that everybodys busy doing bigger things. Well, there just isnt anything bigger than beating down the complacence of essentially decent people about prejudice. Yes, Im ashamed of myself.”
—Moss Hart (19041961)