Famous quotes containing the words proper, planning and/or prevents:
“There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (18091845)
“For the people in government, rather than the people who pester it, Washington is an early-rising, hard-working city. It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“The fishermen say that the thundering of the pond scares the fishes and prevents their biting.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
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