Arbitrary

Famous quotes containing the word arbitrary:

    You can’t be arbitrary about imposing your will when these people’s lives are at stake. Don’t you realize that? You speak as calmly as if you were saying “Pass the salt.” Aren’t you human? Are you made of ice?
    Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)

    If you should rise from Nowhere up to Somewhere,
    From being No one up to being Someone,
    Be sure to keep repeating to yourself
    You owe it to an arbitrary god....
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    The Brahman’s virtue consists in doing, not right, but arbitrary things.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)