Famous quotes containing the words reserve and/or status:
“Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are cheques drawn on insufficient funds.”
—René Daumal (1908–1944)
“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)