Famous quotes containing the words sharp, statements, equivalent and/or existence:
“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
—Joseph Conrad (18571924)
“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)
“The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation.”
—Dixie Lee Ray (b. 1924)
“The existence of good bad literaturethe fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that ones intellect simply refuses to take seriouslyis a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration.”
—George Orwell (19031950)