Absolutely

Famous quotes containing the word absolutely:

    There is absolutely no common sense; it is common nonsense.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it’s charming.
    Edgar Degas (1834–1917)

    There were some schools, so called [in my youth]; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond “readin, writin, and cipherin,” to the Rule of Three. If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education.
    Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)