Uniform Word Problem

Famous quotes containing the words uniform, word and/or problem:

    He may be a very nice man. But I haven’t got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he’s got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. That’s the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die.
    James Baldwin (1924–1987)

    Pike Bishop: He gave his word.
    Dutch: He gave his word to a railroad.
    Pike Bishop: It’s his word.
    Dutch: That ain’t what counts. It’s who you give it to.
    Walon Green, U.S. screenwriter, and Sam Peckinpaugh (b. 1925)

    The problem of induction is not a problem of demonstration but a problem of defining the difference between valid and invalid
    predictions.
    Nelson Goodman (1906)