Famous quotes containing the word profound:
“Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
“Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mud stains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)