Permanently Dependent Child

Famous quotes containing the words permanently, dependent and/or child:

    ““A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

    “People who get through life dependent on other people’s possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.”
    —Ben Elton (b. 1959)

    “And is it true? And is it true,
    This most tremendous tale of all,
    Seen in a stained-glass window’s hue,
    A Baby in an ox’s stall?
    The Maker of the stars and sea
    Become a Child on earth for me?”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)