Quater-imaginary Base/radix Point

Famous quotes containing the words base and/or point:

    “What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord,
    Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff
    That beetles o’er his base into the sea,
    And there assume some other horrible form
    Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason,
    And draw you into madness?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes in their repertoire have application.”
    —Joseph Epstein (b. 1937)