Typical Quotes

423 quotes by 390 authors

Most writers on the subject seem to agree that the typical working mathematician is a Platonist on weekdays and a formalist on Sundays. — Philip J. Davis
The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share… — Carl Gustav Hempel
In a typical desperation for quick answers, easily understood, people had turned to primitive worship as the solution. With less than success. Not only had… — Richard Matheson
Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe… — Milton Friedman
I think it's a typical hidden agenda of the Liberal party... They had the courts do it for them, they put the judges in they… — Stephen Harper
I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which I am, and I believe that I am much more… — Ted Nelson
Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories. — Alan Kay
Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind of typical gestural… — Morton Feldman
The typical white intellectual considers himself superior to ordinary white people for two contradictory reasons: a] he constantly proclaims belief in human equality, but they… — Steve Sailer
If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will… — Alcee Hastings
SF is an opportunity to have an intense relationship with your own imagination. It's a kind of drive-by poetry, trashy and addictive; it's fun. After… — M. John Harrison
The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on. — Frank Zappa
Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie. — Auberon Waugh
It's not a very big thing to say, 'I made a mistake' on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can't, — David Geffen
My high-tech aversion caused me to make fun of the typical biotech enterprise: $100 million in cash from selling shares, one hundred Ph.D.'s, 99 microscopes,… — Peter Lynch
The typical big winner in the Lynch portfolio generally takes three to ten years to play out. — Peter Lynch
If current trends continue, the typical U.S. worker will be considerably more productive several decades from now. Thus, one might argue that letting future generations… — Ben Bernanke
If I'm going to do blues, it's going to be a typical Jimmy Rushing record. — Jimmy Rushing
Typical of most French guys in our league with a visor on, running around and playing tough and not back anything up. — Sean Avery
We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer! — Paz Vega

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