Famous quotes containing the words takeover and/or bid:
“A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the latter. The sensation of this takeover is responsible for timbre; the realization of it, for destiny.”
—Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)
“Go, bid thy mistress, when my drink is ready,
She strike upon the bell.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)