Points Penalty Meant

Famous quotes containing the words points, penalty and/or meant:

“He is the best sailor who can steer within the fewest points of the wind, and extract a motive power out of the greatest obstacles. Most begin to veer and tack as soon as the wind changes from aft, and as within the tropics it does not blow from all points of the compass, there are some harbors which they can never reach.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians.”
—William Frist (b. 1952)

“Affirmative action was never meant to be permanent, and now is truly the time to move on to some other approach.”
—Susan Estrich (b. 1952)