Famous quotes containing the word favoring:
“Dead, hung up indoors, the kingfisher
will not indicate a favoring wind,
or avert the thunderbolt.”
—Charles Olson (1910–1970)
“There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. ‘Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.”
—Frances Wright (1795–1852)