Receiver Noise Power

Famous quotes containing the words receiver, noise and/or power:

“Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

“And its noise as the noise in a dream; and its depth as the roots
of the sea:”
—A.C. (Algernon Charles)

“Compared to other parents, remarried parents seem more desirous of their child’s approval, more alert to the child’s emotional state, and more sensitive in their parent-child relations. Perhaps this is the result of heightened empathy for the child’s suffering, perhaps it is a guilt reaction; in either case, it gives the child a potent weapon—the power to disrupt the new household and come between parent and the new spouse.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)