Passive Cable Theory

Famous quotes containing the words passive, cable and/or theory:

“It is my conviction that in general women are more snobbish and class conscious than men and that these ignoble traits are a product of men’s attitude toward women and women’s passive acceptance of this attitude.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)

“To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars.”
—Douglass Cross (b. 1920)

“No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.”
—André Gide (1869–1951)