Famous quotes containing the words primal and/or pattern:
“The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.”
—Sir William Osler (1849–1919)
“I am the very pattern of a modern Major-Gineral,
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral;
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)