Notion

Famous quotes containing the word notion:

“There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

“Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)