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Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.
— Charles Fourier
One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women
— Charles Fourier
[Referring to Fourier's mathematical theory of the conduction of heat] ... Fourier's great mathematical poem ...
— Lord Kelvin
The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.
— John Maynard Smith
Acting is really only part of my life. I'm addicted to it.
— Blythe Danner
Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people ...
— Charles Fourier
The method of doubt must be applied to civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.
— Charles Fourier
If you are strong enough, there are no precedents.
— F Scott Fitzgerald
Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.
— Charles Fourier
True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier - when it's spelled with a lower case letter.
— Richard Hamming
Mathematics compares the most diverse phenomena and discovers the secret analogies that unite them.
— Joseph Fourier
They said I was a valued customer, now they send me hate mail.
— Sophie Kinsella
Mathematical Analysis is as extensive as nature herself.
— Joseph Fourier
Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.
— Charles Fourier
Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities.
— Charles Fourier
The born-again gospel promises joy and peace of mind, but it does so by prolonging childhood.
— Robert M. Price
Fourier is a mathematical poem.
— Lord Kelvin
And as he spoke, I was thinking, 'the kind of stories that people turn life into, the kind of lives people turn stories into.
— Philip Roth
Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?
— Charles Fourier
Sometimes in life you're going to win and sometimes you're going to lose. But just because you lose doesn't mean the other guy needs to win.
— John Scalzi
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
(quoted in Life After Life) — William Congreve
(quoted in Life After Life) — William Congreve
I've learned through experience that faith moves mountains, hope moves choices, and, more importantly, that love moves you a step closer to God.
— Maribel C. Pagan
He's quite extraordinary with his moves and spins. I think he was a baton girl in a past life [on his co-star Hayden Christensen].
— Ewan McGregor
Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.
— Charles Fourier
Attractions are proportional to destinies.
— Charles Fourier
Every one at the bottom of his heart cherishes vanity; even the toad thinks himself good-looking,
rather tawny perhaps, but look at his eye! — Woodrow Wilson
rather tawny perhaps, but look at his eye! — Woodrow Wilson
I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.
— Tracee Ellis Ross
A clever graduate student could teach Fourier something new, but
surely no one claims that he could teach Archimedes to reason
better. — Paul Halmos
surely no one claims that he could teach Archimedes to reason
better. — Paul Halmos