Upper Left Square

Famous quotes containing the words upper, left and/or square:

    If the upper beams are not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.
    Chinese proverb.

    I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.
    Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)

    After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.
    Primo Levi (1919–1987)