Razors Quotes
'Occams's Razor', an ancient philosophical principle often attributed to Occam but earlier in origin; not found in this form in his writings, though he frequently used similar expressions, e.g. Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate [Plurality should not be assumed unnecessarily] in 'Quodlibeta' (c.1324) no. 5, question 1, art. 2. J. C. Way (ed.) 'Opera Theologica' (1980) vol. 9, p. 476
William Shakespeare, Nikolaus Delius, Charles Symmons (1854). “The complete works of William Shakespeare: The text regulated by the old copies and by the recently discovered folio of 1632, containing early manuscript emendations. With notes, selected and original, a copious and almost new glossary, the poet's life and portrait”, p.612
Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler (1979). “Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street: a musical thriller”, Dodd Mead
Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.
Thornton Wilder (1961). “Twayne's United States Authors Series”
Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.149, Macmillan
1687 Newton's First Rule of Reasoning in Philosophy. Philosophiae Naturalis PrincipiaMathematica (translated by Andrew Motte,1729).
Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike (1999). “The Practice of Programming”, p.71, Addison-Wesley Professional
Song: Shelter from the Storm, 1975
Charles Sanders Peirce, Patricia Ann Turrisi (1997). “Pragmatism as a Principle and Method of Right Thinking: The 1903 Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism”, p.162, SUNY Press
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, “Verses Addressed To The Imitator Of The First Satire Of The Second Book Of Horace”
"Delirium". Book by Lauren Oliver, January 1, 2011.
Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it.
"NME's Rock 'n' Roll Years". Book by John Tobler, 1992.
Ulysses (1922)