Permutations/history

Famous quotes containing the words permutations and/or history:

“Motherhood in all its guises and permutations is more art than science.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)

“Bias, point of view, fury—are they ... so dangerous and must they be ironed out of history, the hills flattened and the contours leveled? The professors talk ... about passion and point of view in history as a Calvinist talks about sin in the bedroom.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)