Refuge

Famous quotes containing the word refuge:

“When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it’s a refuge from home life.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)