Positive Real Number

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

    The most positive men are the most credulous.
    Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.
    Anthony Storr (b. 1920)

    While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.
    —J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)