Famous quotes containing the words important and/or historic:
“The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in “the social” our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial cosiness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)