The heart outstrips the
The heart outstrips the clumsy senses, and sees – perhaps for an instant, perhaps for long periods of bliss – an undistorted and more veritable world. Evelyn Underhill
Clumsy
To think out a
To think out a problem is not unlike drawing a caricature. You have to exaggerate the salient point and leave out that which is not typical. To illustrate a principle , says Bagehot , you must exaggerate much and you must omit much. As to the quantity of absolute truth in a thought : it … Read more
I am clumsy, a
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga. Emma Donoghue
Let’s save some time
Let’s save some time here. I grow weary of your clumsy bluffs. In the case of an abduction, the LEP will send a crack Retrieval team to get back what has been lost.. You have done so. Excuse me while I titter. Crack team? Honestly. A Cub-Scout patrol armed with water pistols could have defeated … Read more
The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient
The Bhagavad Gita—that ancient Indian Yogic text—says that it is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection. So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly. Elizabeth Gilbert
So now I have
So now I have started living my own life. Imperfect and clumsy as it may look, it is resembling me now, thoroughly. Elizabeth Gilbert
One of the things
One of the things called forth by the Imagist movement in poetry was neatness; and when we say keenness, we mean neatness. A knife that is keen is also a knife that cuts neatly; it isn’t brutal. Sharpness is different from brutality. Brutality is clumsy: it is wide – it has a lot of fist … Read more
Sanctification is like a
Sanctification is like a clumsy, slow walk rather than a light switch that we turn from off to on. Edward T Welch
The traditional mathematician recognizes
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics. Edsger Dijkstra
FORTRAN, the infantile disorder,
FORTRAN, the infantile disorder, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use. Edsger Dijkstra