Floating Point Numbers

Famous quotes containing the words floating, point and/or numbers:

    “Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.”
    —Italo Calvino (1923–1985)

    “I would rather produce my passions than brood over them at my expense; they grow languid when they have vent and expression. It is better that their point should operate outwardly than be turned against us.”
    —Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

    “The forward Youth that would appear
    Must now forsake his Muses dear,
    Nor in the Shadows sing
    His Numbers languishing.”
    —Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)