Operates

Famous quotes containing the word operates:

“If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)

“How often must I repeat, that I know or am conscious of my own being; and that I myself am not my ideas, but somewhat else, a thinking, active principle that perceives, knows, wills, and operates about ideas?”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)