Famous quotes containing the words bit, function and/or field:
“Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live.”
—Lucy Ellman (b. 1956)
“To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
—William James (1842–1910)