Supernumerary Quotes

#1. Deprived of the infinite, man has become what he always was: a supernumerary.
He hardly counts; he forms part of the troupe called Humanity; if he misses a cue, he is hissed; and if he drops through the trapdoor another puppet is in readiness to take his place.

Remy De Gourmont

#2. Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror, or to beset life with supernumerary distresses.

Samuel Johnson

#3. I was initially assigned to the American Consulate in Aden, not as Principal Officer but as a supernumerary officer to handle Yemen affairs. We had no resident diplomatic mission in Yemen at the time. People from Aden went up to Yemen regularly.

Hermann Eilts

#4. And what does an anthropologist do these days?" sad Paul.
"Same thing a supernumerary minister does
becomes a public charge, a bore, or possibly a rum-dum, or a bureaucrat.

Kurt Vonnegut

#5. Somewhere in the world is ... The world's worst doctor and he could be yours.

Steve Martin

#6. I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging.

Peter Bichsel

#7. The last time I put on this uniform (Cincinnati), I think I was eight, for a father-son game.

Ken Griffey Jr.

#8. You're my queen, and anyone who says different can fuck off.

P.C. Cast

#9. A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought.

Stephen Hawking

#10. Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.

Marvin Bower

#11. Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.

Jessica E. Larsen

#12. In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.

Douglas Hofstadter