Establish

Famous quotes containing the word establish:

“Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants keep on digging. Most people don’t. They establish contact with the soil, absorb so much vernal vigor that they can’t stay in one place, and desert the fork or spade to see how the rhubarb is coming and whether the asparagus is yet in sight.”
—Hal Borland (1900–1978)