Associations to the word «Quine»

Wiktionary

QUINE, noun. (computing) A program that produces its own source code as output.
QUINE, verb. (philosophy) To deny the existence or significance of something obviously real or important.
QUINE, verb. To append something to a quotation of itself.

Dictionary definition

QUINE, noun. United States philosopher and logician who championed an empirical view of knowledge that depended on language (1908-2001).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King