Repetition Ability Remains

Famous quotes containing the words repetition, ability and/or remains:

    “Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Parenting can be established as a time-share job, but mothers are less good “switching off” their parent identity and turning to something else. Many women envy the father’s ability to set clear boundaries between home and work, between being an on-duty and an off-duty parent.... Women work very hard to maintain a closeness to their child. Father’s value intimacy with a child, but often do not know how to work to maintain it.”
    —Terri Apter (20th century)

    “The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.”
    —Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)