Descent Engine

Famous quotes containing the words descent and/or engine:

    “Genealogy. An account of one’s descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)

    “The will is never free—it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car—it can’t steer.”
    —Joyce Cary (1888–1957)