Arbitrary Wave

Famous quotes containing the words arbitrary and/or wave:

“The Brahman’s virtue consists in doing, not right, but arbitrary things.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“We are caught up Mr. Perry on a great wave whether we will or no, a great wave of expansion and progress. All these mechanical inventions—telephones, electricity, steel bridges, horseless vehicles—they are all leading somewhere. It’s up to us to be on the inside in the forefront of progress.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)