Famous quotes containing the words ordinary, quantum and/or field:
“It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.”
—HonorĂ© De Balzac (17991850)
“A personality is an indefinite quantum of traits which is subject to constant flux, change, and growth from the birth of the individual in the world to his death. A character, on the other hand, is a fixed and definite quantum of traits which, though it may be interpreted with slight differences from age to age and actor to actor, is nevertheless in its essentials forever fixed.”
—Hubert C. Heffner (19011985)
“They talk about a womans sphere,
As though it had a limit.
Theres not a place in earth or heaven.
Theres not a task to mankind given ...
Without a woman in it.”
—Kate Field (18381896)