Famous quotes containing the words nearest, convenient and/or designated:
“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“That’s the convenient part about a fall guy: once you’ve got him hooked, you’ve always got him hooked.”
—Ketti Frings (1915–1981)
“The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricatured by the individuals designated to put them into practice.”
—Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)