Famous quotes containing the words saint, notable and/or people:
“Theres so much saint in the worst of them,
And so much devil in the best of them,
That a woman whos married to one of them,
Has nothing to learn of the rest of them.”
—Helen Rowland (18751950)
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when its more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (18941963)
“If all hearts were open and all desires knownas they would be if people showed their soulshow many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place!”
—Thomas Hardy (18401928)