Famous quotes containing the words controlled, bleeding, dark and/or dub:
“To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.”
—Heraclitus (c. 535 B.C.–c. 475 B.C.)
“I saw a bleeding brownish boy. . . .
The lariat lynch-wish I deplored.
The loveliest lynchee was our Lord.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Stereotypes fall in the face of humanity. You toodle along, thinking that all gay men wear leather after dark and should never, ever be permitted around a Little League field. And then one day your best friend from college, the one your kids adore, comes out to you.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)
“Whom do we dub as Gentleman? The
Knave, the fool, the brute—
If they but own full tithe of gold, and
Wear a courtly suit.”
—Eliza Cook (1818–1889)