Famous quotes containing the words race and/or starting:
“A race horse needs only a touch of the whip; a clever person needs only a hint.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The starting point of the human and the end,
That in which space itself is contained, the gate
To the enclosure, day, the things illumined
By day, night and that which night illumines,
Night and its midnight-minting fragrances,
Night’s hymn of the rock, as in a vivid sleep.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)