Upper Black Eddy

Famous quotes containing the words upper, black and/or eddy:

    “The first to strike will gain the upper hand.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “It is dangerous to leave written that which is badly written. A chance word, upon paper, may destroy the world. Watch carefully and erase, while the power is still yours, I say to myself, for all that is put down, once it escapes, may rot its way into a thousand minds, the corn become a black smut, and all libraries, of necessity, be burned to the ground as a consequence. Only one answer: write carelessly so that nothing that is not green will survive.”
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)

    “The small perplexities of small minds eddy and boil about you. Confident from the experience that has led you out of these same dangers, you attack each problem as it appears, unafraid.”
    —Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)