1713 Treaty Quotes & Sayings

In the Principia Mathematica, Bertrand Russell and Alfred Whitehead attempted to give a rigorous foundation to mathematics using formal logic as their basis. They began with what they considered to be axioms, and used those to derive theorems of increasing complexity. By page 362, they had established enough to prove 1 + 1 = 2. — Ted Chiang

Music is proof that beauty is deeper than looks. — Hayley Williams

I cook the food of Macau, my roots and soul food. — China Machado

Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment. — Mason Cooley

This simple fact explains an awful lot about the biology and conservation of bumblebees. They have to eat almost continually to keep warm; a bumblebee with a full stomach is only ever about forty minutes from starvation. If a bumblebee runs out of energy, she cannot fly, and if she cannot fly, she cannot get to flowers to get more food, so she is doomed — Dave Goulson

Strong words are required for weak principles. — Douglas Horton

A theory has no better time than when it's lying there naked, pure, unsullied by facts. — Christopher Moore