Famous quotes containing the words continuous, power and/or dissipation:
“There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“You don’t have power if you surrender all your principles—you have office.”
—Ron Todd (b. 1927)
“But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)