Quarles Van Ufford

Famous quotes containing the words quarles and/or van:

    “Like to the Artick needle, that doth guide
    The wand’ring shade by his magnetick pow’r,
    And leaves his silken Gnomon to decide
    The question of the controverted houre;”
    —Francis Quarles (1592–1644)

    “‘Ouch’ is not independent of social training. One has only to prick a foreigner to appreciate that it is an English word.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)