Variable Universal Life

Famous quotes containing the words variable, universal and/or life:

    There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress.
    Joseph Addison (1672–1719)

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)

    What is the flesh and blood compounded of
    But a few moments in the life of time?
    This prowling of the cells, litigious love,
    Wears the long claw of flesh-arguing crime.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)