Famous quotes containing the words private and/or enterprises:
“The private buildings [of Virginia] are very rarely constructed of stone or brick; much the greatest proportion being of scantling and boards, plastered with lime. It is impossible to devise things more ugly, uncomfortable, and happily more perishable.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)