Apollonianism Quotes & Sayings

These estimates may well be enhanced by one from F. Klein (1849-1925), the leading German mathematician of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. 'Mathematics in general is fundamentally the science of self-evident things.' ... If mathematics is indeed the science of self-evident things, mathematicians are a phenomenally stupid lot to waste the tons of good paper they do in proving the fact. Mathematics is abstract and it is hard, and any assertion that it is simple is true only in a severely technical sense - that of the modern postulational method which, as a matter of fact, was exploited by Euclid. The assumptions from which mathematics starts are simple; the rest is not. — Eric Temple Bell

If I'm not comfortable, I just look awkward. — Gia Coppola

The first show I ever did, singing and dancing, was 'Beauty and the Beast.' I was playing Gaston. Gaston has red tights, knee high boots, and it's very physical. I had headaches every day for two months. — Hugh Jackman

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony. — Renzo Piano

I never had the blues; the blues always had me. — Brownie McGhee

Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries. — Sean MacBride

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good ... Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place. — Pope Francis

Tantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz

Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that the modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. — Mark Twain

The Lord hereby would make us the more acknowledge His hand, and to see that our help is always in Him — Mary Rowlandson