Van Doren Shaw

Famous quotes containing the words van doren, van, doren and/or shaw:

    “A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.”
    —Carl Van Doren (1885–1950)

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

    “Ferdinand De Soto, sleeping
    In the river, never heard
    Four-and-twenty Spanish hooves
    Fling off their iron and cut the green,
    Leaving circles new and clean
    While overhead the wing-tips whirred.”
    —Mark Van Doren (1894–1973)

    “Soldiering, my dear madam, is the coward’s art of attacking mercilessly when you are strong, and keeping out of harm’s way when you are weak. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)