Eliminating Bleed Air

Famous quotes containing the words eliminating, bleed and/or air:

    “Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.”
    —Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

    “The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “We’re talking scum here. Air should be illegal if they breathe it.”
    —Washington, DC, Policeman. quoted by P.J. O’Rourke in Rolling Stone (New York, 30 Nov. 1989)