Glance

Famous quotes containing the word glance:

    If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    Oh, many a day have I made good ale in the glen,
    That came not of stream, or malt, like the brewing of men;
    My bed was the ground, my roof the greenwood above,
    And the wealth that I sought, one far kind glance from my love.
    —Unknown. The Outlaw of Loch Lene (l. 1–4)

    Asia surrounds us—wherever one’s glance rests, a Tartar physiognomy.
    Thomas Mann (1875–1955)