"Language is froth on the surface of thought." — John McCarthy

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• The vanishing, volatile froth of the present which any shadow will alter, any thought blow away, any event annihilate, is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Vain are the thousand creeds That move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the… — Emily Bronte
• To wipe off the froth of falsehood from the foaming lips of inebriated virtue, when fresh from the sexless orgies… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
• Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is not above sudden, disturbing, movements. Since its inception, capitalism has known slumps and recessions, bubble… — Margaret Thatcher
• Question not, but live and labour Till yon goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbor, Seeking help from none; Life… — Adam Lindsay Gordon
• At the finish of the effect look at the audience: if they have gone white in the face, froth at… — Tony Corinda
• You think I love flattery (says Dr. Johnson), and so I do; but a little too much always disgusts me:… — Samuel Johnson
• Creativity arises from a constant churn of ideas, and one of the easiest ways to encourage that fertile froth is… — Gretchen Rubin
• Life is mostly froth and bubble — Adam Lindsay Gordon
• There's a lot of strength in the U.S., but there's a lot of froth also. The froth will blow off.… — Jeffrey Sachs
• It takes a lot of mulch, love does, to create a froth. — Merle Shain
• Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen.… — Sophie Kinsella

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