Famous quotes containing the words sharp, statements, equivalent and/or existence:
“We are the first men of a Future that has not materialized. We belong to a “great age” that has not “come off.” We moved too quickly for the world. We set too sharp a pace.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
“A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words.... Statements are made, words or sentences are used.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.”
—Mary Corinna Putnam (1842–1906)