(317 quotes found)
“There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.”
Martin Gardner
“He must be pure who would blame another”
Danish Proverb
“Unto the pure all things are pure.”
Bible
“We recall how, starting with purely practical and quasi-physiological groups, the child begins by elaborating subjective groups, then arrives at objective groups, and only then becomes capable of representative groups.”
Jean Piaget
“Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.”
Cecil Beaton
“He's such a pure hitter in every sense of the word. He gets on base when you need a rally. He's the best two-strike hitter in the game. He's so clutch.”
Rudy Jaramillo
“There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.”
Daniel Smith
“On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.”
Buddha
“Be warm, but pure; be amorous, but be chaste.”
Lord Byron
“The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe.”
Karl Pearson