Famous quotes containing the words ludwig wittgenstein, ludwig, wittgenstein, final and/or years:
“It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
“It had been a wonderful evening. And what I needed now to give it the perfect ending was a bit of the old Ludwig Van.”
—Stanley Kubrick (b. 1928)
“Propositions show what they say: tautologies and contradictions show that they say nothing.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
“And then ... he flung open the door of my compartment, and ushered in “Ma young and lovely lady!” I muttered to myself with some bitterness. “And this is, of course, the opening scene of Vol. I. She is the Heroine. And I am one of those subordinate characters that only turn up when needed for the development of her destiny, and whose final appearance is outside the church, waiting to greet the Happy Pair!””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“I stir my martinis with the screw,
four-inch and stainless steel,
and think of my hip where it lay
for four years like a darkness.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)