Retired Democratic

Famous quotes containing the words retired and/or democratic:

“Business, old man, I said, retire from business, it has retired from you.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“We have been educated to such a fine—or dull—point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it’s all about. We don’t trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It’s the democratic way.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)