Famous quotes containing the words turbulent and/or number:
“We sell the thrones of angels for a short and turbulent pleasure.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)