Famous quotes containing the words tear, gas and/or grenade:
“First Plebian. Tear him to pieces, he’s a conspirator!
Cinna. I am Cinna the poet! I am Cinna the poet!
Fourth Plebian. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man’s soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)
“Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)