Famous quotes containing the word notion:
“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)
“To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.”
—Simone Weil (19091943)
“There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white mans notion that he is less savage than the other savages.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
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