Famous quotes containing the word expressed:
“When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)
“What can be expressed in words can be expressed in life.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There is never finality in the display terminal’s screen, but an irresponsible whimsicality, as words, sentences, and paragraphs are negated at the touch of a key. The significance of the past, as expressed in the manuscript by a deleted word or an inserted correction, is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre.”
—Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)