Impulse Radar

Famous quotes containing the words impulse and/or radar:

“One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“So I begin to understand why my mother’s radar is so sensitive to criticism. She still treads the well-worn ruts of her youth, when her impression of mother was of a woman hard to please, frequently negative, and rarely satisfied with anyone—least of all herself.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)