Force Equivalent Rank

Famous quotes containing the words force, equivalent and/or rank:

“Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)

“‘Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)