Famous quotes containing the words optical and/or ring:
“People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations.”
—Alexander Herzen (18121870)
“I started out very quiet and I beat Turgenev. Then I trained hard and I beat de Maupassant. Ive fought two draws with Stendhal, and I think I had an edge in the last one. But nobodys going to get me in any ring with Tolstoy unless Im crazy or I keep getting better.”
—Ernest Hemingway (18991961)