Aldonza Quotes & Sayings

Oh, how our good knight reveled in this speech, and more than ever when he came to think of the name that he should give his lady! As the story goes, there was a very good=looking farm girl who lived near by, with whom he had once been smitten, although it is generally believed that she never knew or suspected it. Her name was Aldonza Lorenzo, and it seemed to him that she was the one upon whom he should bestow the title of mistress of his thoughts. For her he wished a name that should not be incongruous with his own and that would convey the suggestion of a princess or a great lady; and, accordingly, he resolved to call her "Dulcinea del Toboso," she being a native of that place. A musical name to his ears, out of the ordinary and significant, like the others he had chosen for himself and his appurtenances. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

It was not until some weeks later that I realized there is no need to restrict oneself to 2 by 2 matrices. One could go on to 4 by 4 matrices, and the problem is then easily soluable. In retrospect, it seems strange that one can be so much held up over such an elementary point. The resulting wave equation for the electron turned out to be very successful. It led to correct values for the spin and the magnetic moment. This was quite unexpected. The work all followed from a study of pretty mathematics, without any thought being given to these physical properties of the electron. — Paul Dirac

And even so, before I had ever met Charlotte Holmes, I was sure she was the only friend I would make in that miserable place. — Brittany Cavallaro

Our traditional stories are based on an aristocratic model without a middle class, whereas The Arabian Nights reflect people living in cities, traders, merchants, travelers, with a wide range of personalities. — Marina Warner

Lack finesse? I'm going to lack his finesse all over the fucking squad room. I covered my mouth even though I hadn't sworn out loud. They might have a point. — Jamie McGuire

One thing to remember on the Eiger, never look up, or you may need a plastic surgeon. — Don Whillans

The eye observes only what the mind, the heart, and the imagination are gifted to see; and sight must be reinforced by insight before souls can be discerned as well as manners, ideas as well as objects, realities and relations as well as appearances and accidental connections. — Edwin Percy Whipple

Not just Dream ......have a specific deadline tagged to it ............A dream with a clear deadline is a Goal. — Monish Bhalla

Much effort is needed for a dream to come true. — Lailah Gifty Akita