Famous quotes containing the words grip and/or length:
“While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them.”
—Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)
“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job 12:12.