Analytic Function Defined

Famous quotes containing the words analytic, function and/or defined:

    ““You, that have not lived in thought but deed,
    Can have the purity of a natural force,
    But I, whose virtues are the definitions
    Of the analytic mind, can neither close
    The eye of the mind nor keep my tongue from speech.””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.”
    —Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)

    “An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor.”
    —Alvan L. Barach (1895–1977)