“They see things; they overhear things; they tell us. We put two and two together to make forty-four, when we must.”

Source: Grass (1989), Chapter 7 (p. 115)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "They see things; they overhear things; they tell us. We put two and two together to make forty-four, when we must." by Sheri S. Tepper?

Sheri S. Tepper150

American fiction writer 1929–2016

Related quotes

“You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed…”

Julian Barnes (1946) English writer

Source: Levels of Life

“The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.”

Dashiell Hammett book The Thin Man

Source: The Thin Man

“We must learn two things. One is to see ourselves as others see us. We apply one yardstick when we wish to appraise other people. Secondly, we cannot succeed in anything if we act in fear of other people's opinions.”

C. Rajagopalachari (1878–1972) Political leader

Rajagopalachari, quoted in: R. K. Murthi (1979) Rajaji, life and work, p. 155

“His head was always most valuable when he had lost it. In such moments he put two and two together and made four million.”

G. K. Chesterton book The Innocence of Father Brown

The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) The Queer Feet
The Father Brown Mystery Series (1910 - 1927)

“I think when a man first discovers that two and two is four, there is 'beauty' in that; and we can see why. But if people stand and look at the moon and one says 'I think it's just beautiful tonight' and the other says 'The moon makes me feel awful' we are both 'clear'. A geometric shape – we know why we like it; and an unreasonable shape; it has a certain mystery that we recognize as real; but it is difficult to put these things in an objective way.”

William Baziotes (1912–1963) American painter

as cited in Abstract Expressionism Creators and Critics, ed. Clifford Ross, Abrams Publishers New York 1990, p. 221: Remark in the 'Artists' Session' at Studio 35, 1950.
1950s

“The two most important phrases in the human language are "If only" and "Maybe someday". Our past mistakes and our unrequited longings. The things we regret and the things we yearn for. That's what makes us who we are.”

Will Ferguson (1964) Canadian writer, especially humor about Canada

Source: Happiness

“Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. And that makes the whole thing mutual — America sees two John Kerrys.”

Dick Cheney (1941) American politician and businessman

Acceptance Speech http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0909-14.htm at the Republican National Convention. - Video and text available. (1 September 2004) <br class="br">2000s, 2004

Paracelsus (1493–1541) Swiss physician and alchemist

Paracelsus - Collected Writings Vol. I (1926) edited by Bernhard Aschner, p. 110

“… stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.”

Stephen King book 11/22/63

Source: 11/22/63

“Love when felt at all deeply has an element of transcendentalism in it, which makes it the most natural thing in the world for the two lovers — even though drawn together by a passing sex-attraction — to swear eternal troth to each other; but there is something quite diabolic and mephistophelean in the practice of the Law, which creeping up behind, as it were, at this critical moment, and overhearing the two thus pledging themselves, claps its book together with a triumphant bang, and exclaims: "There now you are married and done for, for the rest of your natural lives."”

Edward Carpenter (1844–1929) British poet and academic

Love's Coming of Age (1896)

“They see things; they overhear things; they tell us. We put two and two together to make forty-four, when we must.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Sheri S. Tepper150

Related quotes

Related topics