Standing/control

Famous quotes containing the words standing and/or control:

“O for breath to utter what is like thee! you tailor’s yard,
you sheath, you bowcase, you vile standing tuck.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

““Have we any control over being born?,” my friend asked in despair. “No, the job is done for us while we’re sleeping, so to speak, and when we wake up everything is all set. We merely appear, like an ornate celebrity wheeled out in a wheelchair.” “I don’t remember,” my friend claimed. “No need to,” I said: “what need have us free-loaders for any special alertness? We’re done for.””
—Marvin Cohen, U.S. author and humorist. The Self-Devoted Friend, New Directions (1967)