Shortest Addition Chain

Famous quotes containing the words shortest, addition and/or chain:

“The shortest answer is doing.”
—English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“The addition of a helpless, needy infant to a couple’s life limits freedom of movement, changes role expectancies, places physical demands on parents, and restricts spontaneity.”
—Jerrold Lee Shapiro (20th century)

“Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber’s chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)