Verges Quotes

12 quotes by 10 authors

Among all the occurrences possible in the universe the a priori probability of any particular one of them verges upon zero. Yet the universe exists;… — Jacques Monod
After all why should our goal be the reinstatement of an illusory 'exact' relationship between events and words? If you probe in the ashes you… — M. John Harrison
The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness. — Nigel Calder
A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless, than one that always verges on despair. — Thomas Merton
The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual… — Edward Thorndike
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
This severe, ascetic music, calm and horizontal as the line of the ocean, monotonous by virtue of its serenity, anti-sensuous, and yet so intense in… — Charles Gounod
The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Only the man who has had to face despair is really convinced that he needs mercy. Those who do not want mercy never seek it.… — Thomas Merton
I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges… — Alex Tabarrok
The Egyptian Nile, though it does have its own particular hazards, is subject to none of what I find in Rhode Island. Since the Aswan… — Rosemary Mahoney
We take people to the threshold of religion. Our aim is to induce immediate experience that is beyond the odd, beyond the strange, and beyond… — Larry Harvey

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