Famous quotes containing the words physical, memory and/or limits:
“Mans characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the bodys yoke, but is subject to that of society.”
—Emile Durkheim (18581917)
“Beauclerc: Youve got a good memory for one who drinks.
Eddie: Drinkin dont bother my memory. If it did, I wouldnt drink. I couldnt. You see, Id forget how good it was. Then whered I be? Id start drinkin water again.”
—Jules Furthman (18881960)
“To the extent to which genius can be conjoined with a merely good human being, Haydn possessed genius. He never exceeds the limits that morality sets for the intellect; he only composes music which has no past.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)