Twist/people

Famous quotes containing the words twist and/or people:

“[My father] was serious;Mhe was all uniformity;Mhe was systematical, and, like all systematick reasoners, he would move both heaven and earth, and twist and torture every thing in nature to support his hypothesis.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.”
—Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)