Famous quotes containing the words reception and/or quality:
“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)
“The quality of a man’s mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)