“ PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that. Ambrose Bierce Journalist
“ Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained. Arthur Cayley Mathematician
“ The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants. Arthur Honegger Composer
“ Modern capitalism, organising the reduction of all social life to a spectacle, cannot offer any spectacle other than that of our own alienation. Attila Kotanyi Poet
“ Nine-tenths of the activities of a modern Government are harmful; therefore the worse they are performed, the better. Bertrand Russell Philosopher