Famous quotes containing the words electric and/or assist:
“Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“It is no better, at least, than to assist at a slaughter-house.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)