Famous quotes containing the words empire, age and/or discovery:
“An empire is an immense egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“My age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty but kindly.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for his discovery of himself. As a woman, I will not cooperate in demeaning womanly things so that he can be proud to be a man. I like to think the women in my son’s future are counting on me.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)