Twentieth Century Motor

Famous quotes containing the words twentieth century, twentieth and/or motor:

    “Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.”
    —Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)

    “The twentieth year is well-nigh past;
    Since first our sky was overcast,
    Ah would that this might be the last!
    My Mary!
    Thy spirits have a fainter flow,
    I see thee daily weaker grow—
    ‘Twas my distress that brought thee low,
    My Mary!
    Thy needles, once a shining store,
    For my sake restless heretofore,
    Now rust disus’d, and shine no more,
    My Mary!”
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)

    “We disparage reason.
    But all the time it’s what we’re most concerned with.
    There’s will as motor and there’s will as brakes.
    Reason is, I suppose, the steering gear.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)