Driven Ashore

Famous quotes containing the words driven and/or ashore:

    “Nor should she be too rich, because the rich
    Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch,”
    Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
    “And cannot have a humorous happy speech.”
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Once you get into this great stream of history you can’t get out. You can drown. Or you can be pulled ashore by the tide. But it is awfully hard to get out when you are in the middle of the stream—if it is intended that you stay there.
    Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)