Famous quotes containing the words street corner, relaxing, street and/or corner:
“At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“Each reaching and aspiration is an instinct with which all nature consists and cöoperates, and therefore it is not in vain. But alas! each relaxing and desperation is an instinct too. To be active, well, happy, implies courage. To be ready to fight in a duel or a battle implies desperation, or that you hold your life cheap.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)