Prevailing Torque Type

Famous quotes containing the words prevailing, torque and/or type:

    “As if paralyzed by the national fear of ideas, the democratic distrust of whatever strikes beneath the prevailing platitudes, it evades all resolute and honest dealing with what, after all, must be every healthy literature’s elementary materials.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)

    “Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.”
    —Diane Glancy (b. 1941)

    “There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)