Strain Due Applied

Famous quotes containing the words strain, due and/or applied:

    “A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.”
    —Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)

    “Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    ““The worst reporter, even for his age, in New York,” was the affectionate epithet applied to me.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)