Point Land Company

Famous quotes containing the words point, land and/or company:

    “Ideals possess the strange quality that if they were completely realized they would turn into nonsense. One could easily follow a commandment such as “Thou shalt not kill” to the point of dying of starvation; and I might establish the formula that for the proper functioning of the mesh of our ideals, as in the case of a strainer, the holes are just as important as the mesh.”
    —Robert Musil (1880–1942)

    “That garret of the earth—that knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)

    “In not having an appointment at Harvard, I’m in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.”
    —Catharine MacKinnon (b. 1946)