To Hunt an'assault'on the mountain merely meant a concerted, military-style operation; whereas to Shipton 'assault'sounded more like a criminal offence.

-Cranfield, Ingrid
  Of the contrast in approach to the climbing of Mt Everest between Eric Shipton, originally appointed as leader of the1953 expedition, and John Hunt, who replaced him. In Expedition, vol.8, no.4,  Jul.

His eyesight has always been weak, a sort of film over the eyes. A doctor advised him not to read, but he said, 'Then I should be ignorant', and he refused an operation because there was a thousandth chance he might go blind and so remain ignorant.

-Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta ne¤  e Persse
  Of Sean O'Casey.  Journal entry, 8  Jun.

   The delicate operation of separating an American from the four-wheeled part of him has to be performed with tact.

-Johnson, Philip Cortelyou
  'The Town and the  Automobile or the Pride of Elm Street', published in Writings (1979).