Primary Feathers

Famous quotes containing the words primary and/or feathers:

“Wilful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the penalty is national death, race death; a sin for which there is no atonement.... No man, no woman, can shirk the primary duties of life, whether for love of ease and pleasure, or for any other cause, and retain his or her self-respect.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)

“Too many feathers can sink a boat, and too many knick-knacks can break an axle.”
—Chinese proverb.