Famous quotes containing the word owes:
“It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)
“The theory seems to be that so long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s chillun, but that as soon as he has any luck he owes it to the Devil.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)