Occupy Wall Street

Famous quotes containing the words occupy, wall and/or street:

    “We are conscious of an animal in us, which awakens in proportion as our higher nature slumbers. It is reptile and sensual, and perhaps cannot be wholly expelled; like the worms which, even in life and health, occupy our bodies. Possibly we may withdraw from it, but never change its nature. I fear that it may enjoy a certain health of its own; that we may be well, yet not pure.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I discovered
    the colors in the wall that woke
    when spray from the hose
    played on its pocks and warts....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “The American father ... is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his family once a month by means of a telegram in cipher.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)