Famous quotes containing the words rate, rise and/or chart:
“You are more than entitled not to know what the word performative means. It is a new word and an ugly word, and perhaps it does not mean anything very much. But at any rate there is one thing in its favor, it is not a profound word.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)
“the petals creak and
begin to rise.
They rise and recurl
to a buds form
and clamp shut.
I wait in the dark.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (18841962)
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