Receive

Famous quotes containing the word receive:

    When first the college rolls receive his name,
    The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame;
    Through all his veins the fever of renown
    Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it.
    Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)

    His word
    is withdrawn,
    hieratic,
    authentic,
    a king’s,
    yet all may receive it.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)