Famous quotes containing the words owner, bud and/or adams:
“I am the owner of the sphere,
Of the seven stars and the solar year,
Of Caesars hand, and Platos brain,
Of Lord Christs heart, and Shakspeares strain.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.”
—Gilbert Highet (19061978)
“The sensation of seeing extremely fine women, with superb forms, perfectly unconscious of undress, and yet evidently aware of their beauty and dignity, is worth a weeks seasickness to experience.... To me the effect [of a Siva dance] was that of a dozen Rembrandts intensified into the most glowing beauty of life and motion.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (18381918)