#sharper

How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments. ↗

— David Hilbert

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Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons? ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#american culture #commentary #culture #sharper #simpsons

Any person, brought into the presence of this fact, stops for a few moments and remains pensive and silent; and then generally leaves, carrying with him forever a sharper, keener sense of our incessant motion through space. ↗

— Leon Foucault

#brought #carrying #fact #few #forever

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#know #me #sharper #silence #sword

My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#eyes #father #had #our #our people

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#amateur #back #best #cannot #country

Children have very sharp powers of observation - probably sharper than adults - yet at the same time their emotional reactions are murky and much more primitive. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#emotional #more #much #murky #observation

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#life #more #pain #sharper

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ↗

— Eden Phillpotts

#grow #magical #our #patiently #sharper

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#art form #aversion #between #conventional #criticism