“In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of difficulty in the whole scheme...and I was not able to solve it.” WholeFactsAbleFeltEqualPaperLogicDifficultySolveCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningSchemesDisagreeableOntology Author:Werner Heisenberg
“A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came to Europe via the Silk Road.” WholeBigsPaperEuropeInnovationBunchShockTechnologicalAsianSilkGunpowderSilk RoadStirrups Author:Charles C. Mann
“Did you ever have something to say and feel as if the whole side of the wall wouldn't be big enough to say it on, and then sit down on the floor and try to get it onto a sheet of charcoal paper?” IfsFeelsTryingEnoughWholeBigsSidesWallPaperSheetsCharcoal Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
“And with respect to the mode in which these general principles affect the secure possession of property, so far am I from invalidating such security, that the whole gist of these papers will be found ultimately to aim at an extension in its range; and whereas it has long been known and declared that the poor have no right to the property of the rich, I wish it also to be known and declared that the rich have no right to the property of the poor.” LongWholeFoundWishPoorKnownPrinciplesRichSecurityPaperAimPropertyPossessionSecureRangeExtensionsPapersGist Author:John Ruskin
“You feel sorry for yourself. You think you're missing something and you don't know what it is. You're lonely inside your life. You have a job and a family and a fully executed will, already, at your age, because the whole point is to die prepared, die legal, with all the papers signed. Die liquid, so they can convert to cash.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWholeAgeJobsDeathDiesMissingPaperLonelyPreparedSorryCashPapersLiquidMissing SomethingFeel Sorry For You Book:Underworld: Picador Classic Source: Underworld: Picador Classic
“An artist of understanding and experience can show more of his great power and art in small things roughly and rudely done, than many another in a great work. A man may often draw something with his pen on a half sheet of paper in one day . . . . and it shall be fuller of art and better than another's great work whereon he hath spent a whole year's careful labor.” MenYearsMayArtDoneWholeShowsArtistUnderstandingHalfOne DayPaperDrawsLaborCarefulPensSheetsSmall ThingsGreat WorkGreat PowerWhole Year Author:Albrecht Durer