Bearing

Famous quotes containing the word bearing:

    “A man’s wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “And nightly under the simple stars
    As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm away,”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “If an opinion can eventually go to the determination of a practical belief, it, in so far, becomes itself a practical belief; and every proposition that is not pure metaphysical jargon and chatter must have some possible bearing upon practice.”
    —Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)