Positive Real Number

Famous quotes containing the words positive, real and/or number:

    “If all political power be derived only from Adam, and be to descend only to his successive heirs, by the ordinance of God and divine institution, this is a right antecedent and paramount to all government; and therefore the positive laws of men cannot determine that, which is itself the foundation of all law and government, and is to receive its rule only from the law of God and nature.”
    —John Locke (1632–1704)

    “One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life.”
    —Robert Bresson (b. 1907)

    “I happen to feel that the degree of a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.”
    —Lisa Alther (b. 1944)