Unhappy Number

Famous quotes containing the words unhappy and/or number:

    “I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.”
    —Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)

    “Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.”
    —Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)