Famous quotes containing the words continuous, power and/or dissipation:
“Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)
“Relying ... on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)