Forces Opened Fire

Famous quotes containing the words forces, opened and/or fire:

    “By speaking, by thinking, we undertake to clarify things, and that forces us to exacerbate them, dislocate them, schematize them. Every concept is in itself an exaggeration.”
    —José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)

    “Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)

    “And new Philosophy calls all in doubt,
    The element of fire is quite put out;
    The Sun is lost, and th’earth, and no mans wit
    Can well direct him where to look for it.”
    —John Donne (c. 1572–1631)