Van Der Drift

Famous quotes containing the words van, der and/or drift:

    “To be is to be the value of a variable.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “Under the lindens on the heather,
    There was our double resting-place.”
    —Walther Von Der Vogelweide (1170?–1230?)

    “To drift with every passion till my soul
    Is a stringed lute on which all winds can play,
    Is it for this that I have given away
    Mine ancient wisdom, and austere control?
    Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll
    Scrawled over on some boyish holiday”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)