Mandatory Variable Part

Famous quotes containing the words mandatory, variable and/or part:

    “Off south, the bison multiply so fast
    a slaughter’s mandatory every spring
    and every spring the creeks get fat
    and Kicking Horse fills up.”
    —Richard Hugo (1923–1982)

    “There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    “When a uniform exercise of kindness to prisoners on our part has been returned by as uniform severity on the part of our enemies, you must excuse me for saying it is high time, by other lessons, to teach respect to the dictates of humanity; in such a case, retaliation becomes an act of benevolence.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)