Feet Quote by Thomas de Quincey Download Open image “Mathematics has not a foot to stand upon which is not purely metaphysical.” — Thomas de Quincey ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Feet Inspirational Mathematics Metaphysical Philosophy
Mathematics as we know it and as it has come to shape modern science could never have come into being without some disregard for… — David Bressoud Copy Share Image
Mathematics, in the development of its ideas, has only to take account of the immanent reality of its concepts and has absolutely no obligation… — Georg Cantor Copy Share Image
Mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing in no need of ethics. — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Mathematics is not a separate entity. It owes a great deal of its power and its beauty to other disciplines. — Mark Kac Copy Share Image
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity. — George Boole Copy Share Image
...mathematics is distinguished from all other sciences except only ethics, in standing in no need of ethics. Every other science, even logic, especially in… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
Mathematics is a presuppositionless science. To found it I do not need God, as does Kronecker, or the assumption of a special faculty of… — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
Mathematics is an interesting intellectual sport but it should not be allowed to stand in the way of obtaining sensible information about physical processes. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
The study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress. — Francis Cornford Copy Share Image
Out of the ruined lodge and forgotten mansion, bowers that are trodden under foot, and pleasure-houses that are dust, the poet calls up a… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Everlasting farewells! and again, and yet again reverberated everlasting farewells! — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Paint me an eternal tea-pot, for I usually drink tea from eight o'clock at night to four o'clock in the morning. — Thomas De Quincey Copy Share Image
It is one of the misfortunes in life that one must read thousands of books only to discover that one need not have read… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
As is the inventor of murder, and the father of art, Cain must have been a man of first-rate genius. — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Surely everyone is aware of the divine pleasures which attend a wintry fireside; candles at four o'clock, warm hearthrugs, tea, a fair tea-maker, shutters… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
“If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
I always step on the plane with my right foot and touch the outside of the plane with my left hand. Sometimes you know… — Hope Davis Copy Share Image
The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it. — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
We can't love a place or a person if we always have one foot out the door. — Eric Weiner Copy Share Image
When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins. — J. R. Celski Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing.… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Can you imagine any better example of divine creative accomplishment that the consummate flying machine that is a bird? The skeleton, very flexible and… — Guy Murchie Copy Share Image
Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
Griezmann is an exceptional player. He's brimming with talent, and he knows how to keep his feet on the ground. — Blaise Matuidi Copy Share Image
