Famous quotes containing the words original, member and/or chosen:
“Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.”
—Malcolm Bradbury (b. 1932)
““Tall tales” were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing a stranger at the point of a gun to visit him.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)