Famous quotes containing the words support, wind and/or power:
“A clergyman, again, can hardly ever allow himself to look facts fairly in the face. It is his profession to support one side; it is impossible, therefore, for him to make an unbiased examination of the other.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Mark where the pressing wind shoots javelin-like
Its skeleton shadow on the broad-backed wave!
Here is a fitting spot to dig Love’s grave;”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)
“We who didn’t inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)