Famous quotes containing the words quality and/or flint:
“The quality of this novel is the way the plot is treated and not the plot itself.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)