Famous quotes containing the word constitute:
“Abatement in the hostility of one’s enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Less than five hundred souls inhabit the three quaint streets and the few narrow by-lanes and scattered farmsteads that constitute this small, decaying watering-place which may, indeed, be called a “backwater of life” without disrespect to its natives who possess, to this day, a salty individuality of their own.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.”
—Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)