The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (382 page)

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Schlick, Moritz
1882–1936
1
The meaning of a proposition is the method of its verification.

Philosophical Review
(1936) vol. 45

Schnabel, Artur
1882–1951
1
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes—ah, that is where the art resides!

in
Chicago Daily News
11 June 1958

Schulberg, Budd
1914–
1
What makes Sammy run?

title of book (1941)

Schumacher, E. F.
1911–77
1
Small is beautiful. A study of economics as if people mattered.

title of book (1973)

Schumann, Robert
1810–56
1
Hats off, gentlemen—a genius!
of Chopin

"An Opus 2" (1831); H. Pleasants (ed.)
Schumann on Music
(1965)

Schumpeter, J. A.
1883–1950
1
The cold metal of economic theory is in Marx's pages immersed in such a wealth of steaming phrases as to acquire a temperature not naturally its own.

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
(1942)

Schurz, Carl
1829–1906
1
My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right!

speech, US Senate, 29 February 1872.

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