Sudden Oak Death/control

Famous quotes containing the words sudden, oak, death and/or control:

    “Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.”
    —Robert Browning (1812–1889)

    “Where he swings in the wind and rain,
    In the sun and in the snow,
    Without pleasure, without pain,
    On the dead oak tree bough.”
    —Edward Thomas (1878–1917)

    “So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy—and ... to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “Religion differs from magic in that it is not concerned with control or manipulation of the powers confronted. Rather it means submission to, trust in, and adoration of, what is apprehended as the divine nature of ultimate reality.”
    —Joachim Wach (1898–1955)