Complete Partial Orders

Famous quotes containing the words complete, partial and/or orders:

    “We are such lovers of self-reliance, that we excuse in a man many sins, if he will show us a complete satisfaction in his position, which asks no leave to be, of mine, or any man’s good opinion.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “And meanwhile we have gone on living,
    Living and partly living,
    Picking together the pieces,
    Gathering faggots at nightfall,
    Building a partial shelter,
    For sleeping and eating and drinking and laughter.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)