Famous quotes containing the words resist and/or layer:
“If we resist our passions, it is more because of their weakness than because of our strength.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there’s a layer of people who run everything. But we—we’re just peasants. We don’t understand what’s going on, and we can’t do anything.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)