Famous quotes containing the words fairy tale, fairy, tale, forest and/or scenes:
“One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views, fairy tales, instead of the customary pair theory/observation. This impression would certainly be mistaken. My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is rather to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.”
—Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)
“Why should we strive, with cynic frown,
To knock their fairy castles down?”
—Eliza Cook (1818–1889)
“Mark now how a plain tale shall put you down.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“What is most striking in the Maine wilderness is the continuousness of the forest, with fewer open intervals or glades than you had imagined. Except the few burnt lands, the narrow intervals on the rivers, the bare tops of the high mountains, and the lakes and streams, the forest is uninterrupted.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“O scenes of the beautiful world! Never have you presented yourself to more appreciative eyes.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)