Famous quotes containing the words and after, region, world and/or war:
“Me, what’s that after all? An arbitrary limitation of being bounded by the people before and after and on either side. Where they leave off, I begin, and vice versa.”
—Russell Hoban (b. 1925)
“the Mind of Man—
My haunt, and the main region of my song.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.”
—Ernest Renan (1823–1892)
“We had won. Pimps got out of their polished cars and walked the streets of San Francisco only a little uneasy at the unusual exercise. Gamblers, ignoring their sensitive fingers, shook hands with shoeshine boys.... Beauticians spoke to the shipyard workers, who in turn spoke to the easy ladies.... I thought if war did not include killing, I’d like to see one every year. Something like a festival.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)