It is strange that we know so little about the properties
of numbers. They are our handiwork, yet they baffle us; we
can fathom only a few of their intricacies. Having defined
their attributes and prescribed their behaviour, we are hard
pressed to perceive the implications of our formulas.
-- James R. Newman
of numbers. They are our handiwork, yet they baffle us; we
can fathom only a few of their intricacies. Having defined
their attributes and prescribed their behaviour, we are hard
pressed to perceive the implications of our formulas.
-- James R. Newman
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- We all want our friends to tell us our bad qualitie
it is only the particular ass that does so that we can't tolerate. -- William Jame... - I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are
ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than
we have yet gone ourselves.
-- E. M. Forste... - We are the people our parents warned us about.
- In arguing that current theories of brain function cast suspicion on ESP
psychokinesis, reincarnation, and so on, I am frequently challenged with the most popular of all neuro-mythologies -- the notion that we ordinarily use only 10 percent of our brains.... - Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind.
Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things.... - We are the people our parents warned us about and the ones we will warn our children about.
- God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.
-- Sir James M. Barrie, British Playwrigh...
