Famous quotes containing the words basis, point and/or cut:
“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism.”
—Arthur Miller (b. 1915)
“When two are of one mind, their strength can cut gold.”
—Chinese proverb.
I-ching (Book of Changes)