Conversant Quotes

19 quotes by 17 authors

...nature seems very conversant with the rules of pure mathematics, as our own mathematicians have formulated them in their studies, out of their own inner… — James Jeans
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. Whether as a general habit of mind… — George Boole
We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons… — Justin Martyr
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. — George Boole
Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them. — Plato
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit… — Knut Hamsun
Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players… — Alexander Kotov
Many persons who are not conversant with mathematical studies imagine that because the business of [Babbageâ€™s Analytical Engine] is to give its results in numerical… — Ada Lovelace
How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and… — Benjamin Disraeli
I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult. — Lois Lowry
The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those… — John Welch
The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of all the perennial… — Thomas Huxley
Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which appear careless, and… — Joshua Reynolds
We do not wish incorrect and unsound doctrines to be handed down to posterity under the sanction of great names, to be received and valued… — Brigham Young
We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if it's turned off.… — Douglas Rushkoff
To be thoroughly conversant with Manâ€™s heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair — Edgar Allan Poe
Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain, and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or… — Edmund Burke
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this depends, of course,… — Chris Abani

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