Star Magnitude

Famous quotes containing the words star and/or magnitude:

    The sun descending in the west,
    The evening star does shine;
    The birds are silent in their nest,
    And I must seek for mine.
    William Blake (1757–1827)

    Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
    John Updike (b. 1932)