Famous quotes containing the words prior and/or statement:
“They never taste who always drink;
They always talk who never think.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
“If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what is it for them to be true: for a statement to be true is for things to be as they are stated to be.”
—J.L. (John Langshaw)