Serial Number Orville

Famous quotes containing the words serial number, serial and/or number:

    “The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen.”
    —Milan Kundera (b. 1929)

    “An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing.”
    —Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)

    “Can it be, that the Greek grammarians invented their dual number for the particular benefit of twins?”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)