Attain

Famous quotes containing the word attain:

“Night hangs upon mine eyes; my bones would rest,
That have but labored to attain this hour.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go down stairs five miles or more; & if he don’t attain the bottom, why, all the lead in Galena can’t fashion the plummet that will.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)