Simple Propositions

Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or propositions:

“Uncontradicting solitude
Supports me on its giant palm;
And like a sea-anemone
or simple snail, there cautiously
Unfolds, emerges, what I am.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are “shaggy dog” stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)