Optical Mark Sense

Famous quotes containing the words optical, mark and/or sense:

    “There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother.... Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can’t even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.”
    —Norman Douglas (1868–1952)

    “The sense of the serpent in younanke,
    And your averted stride
    Add nothing to the horror the frost
    That glistens on your face and hair.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)