Impulse/science

Famous quotes containing the words impulse and/or science:

“Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything
Is but a worthless minister.”
—Publius Papinius Statius (c. 40–96)

“The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)