The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. Ray Bradbury
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm. Denis Diderot
The sitting room is subdued, symmetrical; it's one of the shapes money takes when it freezes. Margaret Atwood
Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature. Camille Paglia
He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it freezes. Dutch Proverb
Freezes like a flea on the snow. Finnish Proverb