Famous quotes containing the words positive, real and/or number:
“Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“No ... the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell youhe will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.”
—Israel Zangwill (18641926)
“The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (18051859)