Breadth – Quotes

A line is length

A line is length without breadth. Euclid

Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master’s voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the bright flag he was waving. He raced toward the seven-foot fence; without apparent effort he rose in the air and cleared the top with a good hand-breadth to spare; then dashed up to … Read more

Lowered reliability obviously yields

Lowered reliability obviously yields a lesser competence. But lowered breadth does so as well. Ernest Sosa

The artist dreams of

The artist dreams of works of real breadth; but, limited by his personality and the nature of his medium, limited by inner disturbances and loss of purpose, he often works more narrowly than he’d intended. Eric Maisel

Poincaré [was] the last

Poincaré [was] the last man to take practically all mathematics, pure and applied, as his province. … Few mathematicians have had the breadth of philosophic vision that Poincaré had, and none in his superior in the gift of clear exposition. Eric Temple Bell

Whether it is an

Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square … I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that … Read more

Today’s events are tomorrow’s

Today’s events are tomorrow’s history, yet events seen by the naked eye lack the depth and breadth of human struggles, triumphs and suffering. Writing history is writing the soul of the past… so that the present generation may learn from past mistakes, be inspired by their ancestor’s sacrifices, and take responsibility for the future. Epifanio … Read more

But come, hear my

But come, hear my words, for truly learning causes the mind to grow. For as I said before in declaring the ends of my words: Twofold is the truth I shall speak; for at one time there grew to be the one alone out of many, and at another time it separated so that there … Read more

Pettiness separates; breadth unites.

Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big. Emma Goldman

Did I not feel

Did I not feel that the time has come for the questions of women’s wrongs to be laid before the public? Did I not believe that women herself must do this work, for women alone understand the height, the depth, the breadth of her degradation. – Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton