Jack Absolute

Famous quotes containing the words jack and/or absolute:

    This is the house that Jack built.

    This is the malt
    That lay in the house that Jack built.
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. The House That Jack Built (l. 1–3)

    My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things, it is the work of their hands; they are splendid people and their absolute love of their children places them above the highest praise. It cloaks all of their shortcomings, shortcomings that may have resulted from a difficult life.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)