Quotes by Variables Theatrical success is predominantly two variables: who the distributor is and how much money they spend. Tucker Max theatrical variables two Colour is as variable and evanescent in the form of pigment as in visible nature. Walter J. Phillips pigment variables color To be is to be the value of a variable. Willard Van Orman Quine variables values good-life The variables of quantification, 'something,' 'nothing,' 'everything,' range over our whole ontology, whatever it may be; and we are convicted of a particular ontological presupposition if, and only if, the alleged presuppositum has to be reckoned among the entities over which our variables range in order to render one of our affirmations true. Willard Van Orman Quine ifs-and variables order How are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies? Certainly the answer is not provided by the semantical formula "To be is to be the value of a variable"; this formula serves rather, conversely, in testing the conformity of a given remark or doctrine to a prior ontological standard. Willard Van Orman Quine variables doctrine answers Intelligence is a fixed goal with variable means of achieving it. William James variables goal mean «12345