Famous quotes containing the words theoretical, total and/or mass:
“There are theoretical reformers at all times, and all the world over, living on anticipation.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“It seems certain, that though a man, in a flush of humour, after intense reflection on the many contradictions and imperfections of human reason, may entirely renounce all belief and opinion, it is impossible for him to persevere in this total scepticism, or make it appear in his conduct for a few hours.”
—David Hume (17111776)
“Reduced to a miserable mass level, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism broke out into hysterical barbarism.”
—Thomas Mann (18751955)