Poor Condition

Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or condition:

“It is a poor thing for the writer to take on that which he doesn’t understand.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“One might feel that, at my age, I should look on life with more gravity. After all, I’ve been privileged to listen, firsthand, to some of the most profound thinkers of my day ... who were all beset by gloom over the condition the world had gotten into. Then why can’t I view it with anything but amusement?”
—Anita Loos (1894–1981)