“But as no two (theoreticians) agree on this (skin friction) or any other subject, some not agreeing today with what they wrote a year ago, I think we might put down all their results, add them together, and then divide by the number of mathematicians, and thus find the average coefficient of error. (1908)” ThinkingYearsTwoMightTodayTogetherScienceResultsNumbersSubjectsYears AgoSkinsAgreeAddErrorsAverageDividesMathematicianFriction Author:Hiram Maxim
“I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too passionate to want to divorce it from anything.” WantArtIdeasSubjectsAgreePassionateDivorceLofty Book:Notebooks, 1942-1951 Source: Notebooks, 1942-1951
“If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.” IfsEconomySubjectsPositionParticularConstitutionAgreePostsDisagreeTopicsEngaging Author:John Jay Hooker
“It used to be said, not so long ago, that every suicide gave Satan special pleasure. I don't think that's true-unless it isn't true either that the Devil is a gentleman. If the Devil has no class at all, then okay, I agree: He gets a bang out of suicide. Because suicide is a mess. As a subject for study, suicide is perhaps uniquely incoherent. And the act itself is without shape and without form. The human project implodes, contorts inward-shameful, infantile, writhing, gesturing. It's a mess in there.” IfsThinkingHumansLongSaidFormUsedPleasureClassStudySpecialSubjectsShapesProjectsDevilOkayAgreeSuicideUsed To BeMessGentlemanSatanLong AgoInwardBangsShamefulInfantile Author:Martin Amis
“Every one who understands the subject will agree that even the basis on which the scientific explanation of nature rests is intelligible only to those who have learned at least the elements of the differential and integral calculus, as well as analytical geometry.” WellsSubjectsElementsBasesAgreeExplanationGeometryCalculusIntegral Calculus Author:Felix Klein
“Wanting to be near my bread and butter business which was my hairstyling salon, I have done little touring during my lifetime. I hate all this moving around from hotel to hotel, packing and unpacking. I know many entertainers agree with me on this subject.” KnowsLittlesDoneMovingHateSubjectsI HateAgreeLifetimeBreadHotelTouringEntertainersPackingSalonsBread And ButterUnpacking Author:Thomas Lynch
“We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us - and if we do not agree, seems to put its hand in its breeches pocket. Poetry should be great & unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one's soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject. - How beautiful are the retired flowers! how would they lose their beauty were they to throng into the highway crying out, "admire me I am a violet! dote upon me I am a primrose!"” IfsShouldDoeSoulHandsSeemsBeautifulHateLosesSubjectsCryDesignFlowerAgreeAdmirePocketsVioletHighwaysRetired Book:Selected Letters Source: Selected Letters
“If you've done what you intended and if nobody tampered with it, then it's yours. And if people don't like it, then they just don't agree with you on that subject matter, and that's life.” PeopleIfsMatterDoneSubjectsAgreeSubject Matter Author:Clint Eastwood