Controlled Burns

Famous quotes containing the words controlled and/or burns:

    You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of God to man, you might end up interesting your readers rather more in Satan.
    Ian McEwan (b. 1938)

    The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang aft agley;
    An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!
    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)