Insoluble Word Problem

Famous quotes containing the words insoluble, word and/or problem:

    “The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way—which money could buy ... to a simply stated, easily reproduced ideal of beauty, however temporary that ideal.”
    —Theodore Zeldin (b. 1923)

    “open thou thy manly mouth, and say that thou wilt come;
    Whereby my heart may think, although I see not thee,
    That thou wilt come, thy word so sware, if thou a livesman be.”
    —Unknown. The Lady Prayeth the Return of Her Lover Abiding on the Seas (l. 4–6)

    “The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.”
    —Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)