Famous quotes containing the word readiness:
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“Our books of science, as they improve in accuracy, are in danger of losing the freshness and vigor and readiness to appreciate the real laws of Nature, which is a marked merit in the ofttimes false theories of the ancients.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Poetry is a search for ways of communication; it must be conducted with openness, flexibility, and a constant readiness to listen.”
—Fleur Adcock (b. 1934)