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Letter "I" » impertinent
«I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.»
«It sometimes strikes me that the whole of science is a piece of impudence; that nature can afford to ignore our impertinent interference. If our monkey mischief should ever reach the point of blowing up the earth by decomposing an atom, and even annihilated the sun himself, I cannot really suppose that the universe would turn a hair.»
Author: Aleister Crowley
| Keywords:
afford, annihilate, annihilated, annihilates, atom, blowing, blowing up, decompose, decomposing, impertinent, impudence, interference, mischief, monkey, strikes, The Turning Point, turning point
«That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.»
«All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome»
«Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but is also a disruption of thought.»
Author: Arthur Schopenhauer
(Philosopher)
| Keywords:
disruption, forms, impertinent, interruption, interruptions, noise
«A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
approximation, correspondence, Correspondences, haunting, impertinent, irrelevant, lengthen, lengthened, lengthening, lengthens, preposterous
«Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.»
Author: W. H. Auden
(Dramatist, Editor, Poet)
| Keywords:
etc., etc, give notice, impertinent, meters, rhymes, slovenly, tyrannical
«In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent or arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. The question seems to be, whether your vanity or your prudence predominates.»
Author: William Hazlitt
(Writer)
| Keywords:
arrogant, impertinent, predominate, predominates, predominating
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