Certain Objects Quotes

6 quotes by 6 authors

• In the development of the understanding of complex phenomena, the most powerful tool available to the human intellect is abstraction. Abstraction arises from the recognition… — Tony Hoare
• Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain… — Giorgio de Chirico
• Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them in… — Georges Perec
• We have no other notion of cause and effect, but that of certain objects, which have always conjoin'd together, and which in all past instances… — David Hume
• Its funny how certain objects convey a message -- my washer and dryer, for example. They can't speak, of course, but whenever I pass them… — David Sedaris
• It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important,… — Sheila Heti

Who Wrote These Certain Objects Quotes

6 authors contributed a total of 6 Certain Objects Quotes as follows:

• 1 Certain Objects Quote by Tony Hoare
• 1 Certain Objects Quote by Giorgio de Chirico
• 1 Certain Objects Quote by Georges Perec
• 1 Certain Objects Quote by David Hume
• 1 Certain Objects Quote by David Sedaris
• 1 Certain Objects Quote by Sheila Heti