Famous quotes containing the words jade, gate and/or pass:
“Do not pray for gold and jade and precious things; pray that your children and grandchildren may all be good.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.”
—André Breton (1896–1966)
“Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)